Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.26
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Manchester Savings Bank, Manchester, NH. Plastic bank in shape of a Federal chest-on-chest with scrolled pediment. Brown plastic with black "graining." Top drawer pulls out. Metal back panel, printed in black: "Early American Thrift is / Still in Style at the / MANCHESTER SAVINGS BANK / MANCHESTER, N. H. / Member F. D. I. C." Circular metal access panel on back. No feet. Coin inside.
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- H-6.2 W-3.3 D-2.2 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 39 coin banks collected in the 1960s by Francis E. Robinson, of Durham, NH, executive vice-president of the New Hampshire Association of Savings Banks (1961-1973). The banks were distributed by member banks of the New Hampshire Association of Savings Banks. Mr. Robinson kept this collection on display in his office on the top floor of the New Hampshire Savings Bank building at North Main and Capitol Streets in Concord.
Coin banks were commonly distributed by banks to their depositors. This practice began to wane around 1960. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Francis E. Robinson
- Subjects:
- Banks, Banking industry, Banking, Coin banks, Saving & investment, Chests
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