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Valued Member
United States
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I apologize if I am duplicating a thread. I opened a cool mechanical coin bank that my grandfather kept in his dental office in the 60s. It was full of wheat pennies, some silver quarters, dimes, a War Nickel, and even a Mercury dime. Some really good looking 60s cents too. I've never actually found little "stashes" like this before. Anyone else have any piggy bank or desk drawer discoveries?   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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My childhood piggy bank (discovered last week) just had a chocolate loonie in it...
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
In this case, the 'piggy bank' is worth a lot more than the coins!
You may well be surprised what price this example may command at open auction!
However if it were mine, it would NEVER appear in an auction.
By the looks if it,
it appears to be made of enamel painted cast zinc or cast iron would be desirable piece to own and display.
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Valued Member
Puerto Rico
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I agree with sel_69l. I believe that piggy bank could be worth some money. I've seen similar ones on shows like Pawn Stars and American Pickers and they always go for big money, although I can't remember how big. You should do some research on it. Good luck and nice finds!
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Valued Member
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nice coins I once found a hug lot of silver and nickels and pennys from the teens to the 1960s in my grams piggy bank that she used up until 1960 !! you never know what you will get also as stated the piggy bank itself may be worth a huge amount of money !! espically with the black figure in the chair !!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
 That is a good find both the coins and the piggy bank. I saw a reproduction like that on ebay that was priced at $40. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1817 Posts |
The bank is definitely worth way more than what was inside! You'd be surprised how passionate the mechanical bank collectors are, even more so than numismatists!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1088 Posts |
THat is a cool looking bank. nice coins too. Double good find
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19930 Posts |
That's awesome! The bank is really cool too!
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
135 Posts |
I just found a 1916 Buffalo nickel that came out of one of those self checkout machines at the grocery store. I looked up the price it looks like its worth $9-10,,not bad as it came out as change worth five cents. It's my oldest circulation find!! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good find!  Does the bank still work? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love that piggy bank! Very nice find...
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Valued Member
 United States
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Ah, I did a little more digging. It's actually a reproduction, albeit an old one. It's a 1960 version of a bank made originally in 1880. Works great though, and still is really cool. http://www.mechanicalbanks.org/scra...ductions.htmOh, and nice find, tkflex36 :) |
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Posted 07/06/2013 10:49 pm
