Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.35
- Creator:
- Bankers S. & C. System Company
- Place of Origin:
- Cleveland, OH
- Date:
- 1920-1935
- Description:
- Coin bank, Public National Bank, Rochester, NH. Cast metal bank in shape of Liberty Bell. Brown finish. Copper nameplate of front, stamped "PUBLIC NATIONAL BANK / ROCHESTER, N.H." Cast lettering around top: "PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND / UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF. LEV.XXV10". Wooden yoke at top. Metal bottom, stamped "PAT. FEB. 18-1919. / MANF. BY / THE BANKERS S. & C. SYSTEM Co. / CLEVELAND, O. U.S.A. / 88335". Wide coin slot and lock in bottom, but no key. Coin inside.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-4 Dia-3.75 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, Bells, Liberty Bell
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