1930's Skowhegan Maine Savings Bank Book Advertising Coin Sort w/ Key RARE

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Seller: homebodytreasures ✉️ (99) 100%, Location: Torrington, Connecticut, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 134706648423 1930's Skowhegan Maine Savings Bank Book Advertising Coin Sort w/ Key RARE.

This vintage set of two book-shaped coin sorters is a great addition to any collection. Made of durable tin and featuring advertising for Skowhegan Maine Savings Banks, these banks are a unique piece of promotional history, circa 1930-1940s

The banks are being sold as a set because there is only one key. It is a RARE FIND to come across two working specimens with a KEY!

These are vintage items and show signs of age related wear, but with careful use they still work and are a cool piece of history.

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The brand, Standard Thrift Co, is well-known for their quality products. These banks were made in the United States and their original/reproduction status is unknown. Add these banks to your collection of still, piggy banks or as a unique decorative item.

Banks made of metal were virtually impregnable fortresses for money. Coins went in, and children couldn’t get them out without a key, or in recent years, a code. Many still banks depict either a generic “bank building” or a particular bank's name imprinted on them. By the 1930s, local banks were giving away still banks with their names as an advertising gimmick to lure customers and keep their names in front of current customers.

It is not clear why banks stopped making tin coin sorters in the 1940s. One possibility is that they became less popular as coin-counting machines became more common. Another possibility is that the cost of producing tin coin sorters became too high.

Today, tin coin sorters from the 1930s and 1940s are collectible items.

  • Condition: Used
  • Brand: Standard Thrift Co
  • Theme: Promotional
  • Original/Reproduction: Unknown
  • Material: Tin
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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