Appraisal: Cast Iron Penny Bank, ca. 1900, from Vintage Denver. Check out Noel Barrett's appraisal of a cast iron penny bank, ca. 1900, in Vintage Denver. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided ...

The man was holding a hoop and when a coin was deposited and a lever pulled, the dog jumped through the hoop. We have a cast iron bank in our home. It has a patriotic theme in red, white and blue ...

Where can I find information on these banks, and how can I judge their age? A-”The Architecture of Cast Iron Penny Banks,” by Bettie Sommer and Don Duer, is available for $15.20 postpaid from ...

Cast-iron banks were so popular that banks and institutions ... HOT TIP: To operate the bank, the user places a coin into the small boat and presses a lever. The coin falls into the bank as ...

If it had a spring-loaded motion, it would be a mechanical bank. It is made of cast iron. It's two halves and they're screwed together here. And that's actually how you get the money out of the ...

CROMWELL — The Cromwell Historical Society will present an exhibit next month, “The Town of Iron Toys: The Mechanical Banks of Cromwell ... take kickbacks, one coin at a time.