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W2139	Bank: Glass block bank w/slit in top. One side is frosted w/image and "See Your Savings" and other side is frosted w/"What Do You Think, I'm Saving for Mink" w/image of a mink. This apparently has been added after manufacture and is probably circa 1950s when a mink coat was "the" thing to own! Small chip off slit area. Definitely a classic 1950s-era collectible!	$25.00

A2131	Bank: Round tin bank, R/W/B. One side: "Rockefeller for Governor" with Nelson Rockefeller's photo; Reverse: "You Can Bank on Rockefeller for Good Government"	$30.00

J2395D	Bank: Clear plastic vial w/metal screw on top w/slit. Slit and diameter of vial just big enough to hold dimes. Vial holds 6 dollars worth and their is a gauge running up the side, as such. This is a special advertising centennial anniversary bank for A&P Food Stores. Has a sketch of an A&P store on the side plus "1859 1959 100th Anniversary" All printing is in red. 3-3/4"	$18.00

K4265	Bank: Yellow cardboard tube bank, black writing, "Save Your Dimes, Save Money at The National Bank of Cockeysville, Cockeysville, MD, Established 1891, Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation." Tin ends, slot in one end for inserting dimes. 3-3/8" long.	$27.50

LK2576	Bank: Glass block advertising bank. Made of clear, see-through glass. "See Your Savings Daily Shop Peoples Drug Stores" w/Peoples part in the corporate logo of the drug store chain (no longer in existance). 4-3/4" x 4-3/4" x 3-1/4" wide. No chips or cracks. Have 2.	$55.00

J1020BBM	Bank: Unusual bank from the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign. This is a regular Billy Carter beer can, however you cut the top out of it and there is a blue plastic bank top w/slit that fits firmly on the top and states, "I had a beer with Billy in Plains, Georgia" in white lettering. Designed to snap on empty Billy Beer can, thus making it a bank. These were available from a small store in Plains.	$15.00

LK4284	Bank: Cardboard sealed envelope. "Trap Your Dimes Here" w/small slit in upper right part of front of envelope. Place to check off how many dimes inserted on back of envelope. Holds up to $3 worth. Front of envelope advertises opening an account with Florence Savings Bank, Florence, Mass.; reverse side advertises Duray's Beauty Salon, Phone 327, Florence, Mass.	$18.00

LK5168	Bank: Small 3" tin can container w/slot in top. Paper label promotes this as a generic "Building Fund Bank" for expanding community building projects immediately following World War II. Art sketch on side of bank shows a family looking up at a montage of a church, school and cathedral. Space on label to write address and affix stamp so could be used as a self-mailer. Copyright 1945. Bright red and off-white.	$16.00

J2081B	Bank: Cylinder penny bank, 3-1/2" long. Cardboard tube w/metal caps on each end, one with a slot for coins. Gold color w/black lettering advertising "Mutual Federal Savings & Loan association" w/bank's address listed for Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach and Princess Anne, w/quote, "If youth but knew what age would crave many a penny youth would save." Circa 1950s or earlier.	$12.00

J2983	Bank: 5-1/2" metal, copper-colored JFK bust. "John F. Kennedy 1917-1963" on base. Signature of designer etched in side.	$75.00

J3279	Bank: 9" high clear glass bank in shape of Pres. Lincoln. Label at bottom, front says: "Your Lincoln Bank Bottle For your Lincoln Pennies;" label torn at edges. "Lincoln Bank Bottle" embossed on back. Cap of bottle is black, looks a little like a top hat. Outline on top of hat shows wear, apparently, you are supposed to cut the coin slot.	$30.00

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