Coin Bank

Description:

Bank in the form of a standing pig, cast in two halves from head to tail and held together by a flathead screw through the sides of its belly; coin slot at rump. Contains 15 coins (10 copper pennies from 1909, 1916, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1940 and 1942; four 1943 white metal pennies; and one 1941 nickel). No marks.

Date Made: ca 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of John Paul Remensnyder

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.0939.020Accession Number: 1978.0939Catalog Number: 1978.0939.020

Object Name: bank, coin

Physical Description: iron, cast (overall material)copper (pennies material)steel, zinc-coated (1943 pennies material)nickel (nickel material)Measurements: overall: 2 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 15.875 cm x 7.3025 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-0105-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_309521

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