Post Pics of Novelty Coin Banks

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[Aunt Bea]

This paper mache caricature bank of the fictitious Saltine Warrior issued in 1970 by a local bank is highly prized by local collectors.

The controversial Syracuse University mascot was retired in 1978 at the request of indigenous students and local tribal officials.

Oddly, the much-loved Saltine Warrior's statue erected in 1951 has been allowed to remain on campus undisturbed.

https://www.dailyorange.com/2018/01...ascot-indigenous-leaders-reflect-controversy/

 

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[Tish]

 

[debodun]

I have one very similar to that mailbox bank. My matrenal grandfather gace it to me when I was a child, so it's close to 70 years old. He put a Peace silver dollar in it. I still have the dollar.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Not a coin bank, but Deb's silver dollar reminded me of these Busy Dollar coin covers dating back to The Great Depression.

A silver dollar was snapped into the reverse side of the tin button and was visible so it could still be used as payment.

I have one in my collection, but someone liberated the silver dollar.

"Forward Syracuse-Busy Dollar-Working Dollars Mean Working Men!"

 

[Tish]

I have one very similar to that mailbox bank. My matrenal grandfather gace it to me when I was a child, so it's close to 70 years old. He put a Peace silver dollar in it. I still have the dollar.

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That is awesome.

 

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Figaro the Cat from Pinocchio

 

[Tish]

Figaro the Cat from Pinocchio

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So cute.

 

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[Paco Dennis]

 

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A classic - Lincoln penny bank.

 

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[Oris Borloff]

This picture was taken in the small southwest Iowa town of Coin. The brick building on the left, currently is an insurance office, but formally was the Bank of Coin. The interior still has much of the original bank decor from a time when banks exuded opulence.

 

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