Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.33
- Creator:
- Banthrico International
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Portsmouth Savings Bank, Portsmouth, NH. Rectangular plastic box. Brown frame with textured surface. Clear front with four columns printed in gold, "CURRENCY AND OTHER COINS", "DIMES", "QUARTERS", and "HALVES"; marked with dollar amounts at various levels. Gold border around front. Gold printing on back: "Portsmouth / Savings / Bank / ESTABLISHED 1823 / 333 STATE STREET / Corner of Fleet / PORTSMOUTH / NEW HAMPSHIRE". Bottom embossed "BANTHRICO INTERNATIONAL / CHICAGO ILLINOIS / PAT. / PEND." Plastic lock in bottom.
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- H-4.2 W-5.4 D-1.8 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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