Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.28
- Place of Origin:
- San Francisco, CA
- Date:
- 1950-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Merchants Savings Bank, Manchester, N. H. Circular bank. Chrome-plated steel. Printed in red on top: "[image of the bank] / 'THE BANK / OF / CONVENIENCE' / The / MERCHANTS SAVINGS / BANK / MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE". Register window on top, right. Opening on right, with lever and coin slot; stamped "START". "STOP", and "COINS". Bottom stamped "STEEL PRODUCTS CORP. / OF CALIFORNIA / 915 LINDEN AVE. / SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO / U.S.A. / PATD. MARCH 31-42 / NO. 2278008". Hinged locking panel on bottom, stamped "ADD O BANK / [instructions]". Coin inside.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-1.6 Dia-4.1 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
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