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$1 was a lot to give away back then.
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Pillar of the Community
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Crazy.....I grew up next to one of the branches listed. Dairy Ashford and Memorial was very close! Thanks for sharing.
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Is there any extra value to it than jist the coin itself? It may not be much, but there is a subset of collectors who enjoy collecting coins in specialty packaging. In my opinion, the older the better, so this qualifies. |
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Im pretty excited about it. I live close to houston, love the history of it. But, like I said, having a difficult time finding historical info on it
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Pillar of the Community
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Look at the telephone number, This was before area codes!
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Forum Dad
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Look at the telephone number, This was before area codes! My mother in law told me she's so old that when she was a kid her phone number was 7. |
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Look at the telephone number, This was before area codes! Not before area codes (they date back to 1947), but certainly before 10-digit dialing.  |
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I'd guess early 1960's while silver was still in circulation. There isn't a lot on the internet about this bank, which doesn't appear to exist any more. A few lawsuits and that's about it.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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08/14/2020 9:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I collect these when I find them, great pieces of history!
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08/16/2020 3:52 pm
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I read that too wideglide, and am not sure that it's the same bank. The one in Houston sounds more local than the big institution in Stockton, but I could be wrong. The SEC registration document for ASLA of Houston TX shows a Southwest Freeway address ca 1984. There's also an ASLA in Florida. The lawsuit dates from 1964, which is a likely time for the coin and its package. https://www.casemine.com/judgement/...b049345cfb53"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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08/17/2020 12:44 pm
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You can't say just from the holder that it was from "before area codes" but you could say before ten digit dialing, but it was obviously produced for a local area. When did ten digit dialing become commonplace in the Houston area? Probably after silver dollars could be acquired from the banks for $1.
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When did ten digit dialing become commonplace in the Houston area? Quote:
On January 16, 1999, area code 832 was created as an overlay for the entire Houston area. At the same time, the 713-281 boundary was merged and area code 281 was turned into an overlay for the entire region. The result was three area codes covering the Houston metro area, with ten-digit dialing required for all calls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_...832,_and_346One could suspect that advertising numbers with area codes may have started as early as March 19, 1983 when the first split occurred. It certainly would have been common after the second split occurred on November 2, 1996. |
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No one used area code prefixes in the 1960's. Where I lived, we still used letters for the first two numbers. HA3-5555, for instance. It was only in the 1970's when HA3 became 423. Everyone thought in letters on old rotary phones.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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And silver dollar giveaway promotional items like the one in the OP probably ended not long after you really couldn't get silver dollars for face value at the bank. Sometime around 1968 to 70.
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