Mechanical Banks Fun Piece of Coin History
he history and intrigue of mechanical coin banks – those animated metal contraptions that inspired savings in delightful ways – were the topic of a feature article by Clarence T. Hubbard in the November 1964 issue of magazine. “These cleverly conceived banks, a treat in just their very get up, brought a new twist to both savings [and] amusement combined together,” Hubbard wrote. “Imagine such operating figures as William Tell shooting the apple off his boy’s head when a coin was deposited? The cow kicking over the milk pail? … The figure of a man, his hand accepts the coin, puts it into his mouth
