Old 1905 coin bank

ACUcoinHunter · Mar 15, 2013

My mom had this from her grandfather, I opened it to find a few wheaties and these 4 silvers.

1950 Rosie
1951 Rosie
1942 Merc
1945 Merc

cooper36 · Mar 15, 2013

looks like one on the banks the banks would give out to make people save some money to bring into them when they got full.

ACUcoinHunter · Mar 15, 2013

cooper36 said:
looks like one on the banks the banks would give out to make people save some money to bring into them when they got full.

Yea it didn't have much in it.

fistfulladirt · Mar 15, 2013

I like!

Wickaboag · Mar 15, 2013

Keep the coin bank! If it was my great grandfather's, it would be worth more than all the coins in it.
Wicka

Diver_Down · Mar 15, 2013

Nice bank. How did you open it? Did you have the key or did you use another method? I have a bank similar to yours that I bought at an estate sale that I have been unable to open.

twiasp · Mar 15, 2013

Diver_Down said:
Nice bank. How did you open it? Did you have the key or did you use another method? I have a bank similar to yours that I bought at an estate sale that I have been unable to open.

Sounds like you need to make friends with a locksmith to make you a quick key, those guys skills are amazing! Called one once to get into my locked car, he didn't slim-jim the lock at all, he just made another key for it, took him probably 5 minutes.

FloridaFinder · Mar 15, 2013

twiasp said:
Sounds like you need to make friends with a locksmith to make you a quick key, those guys skills are amazing! Called one once to get into my locked car, he didn't slim-jim the lock at all, he just made another key for it, took him probably 5 minutes.

How did he make another key if the car was locked? Got me puzzled on that one. The only couple times I had to call AAA they slim-jim'ed it.

ACUcoinHunter · Mar 15, 2013

Diver_Down said:
Nice bank. How did you open it? Did you have the key or did you use another method? I have a bank similar to yours that I bought at an estate sale that I have been unable to open.

Well there was a description of the key on Internet biting couldn't replicate it. So I popped the bottom off got the coins and put it back together.