List of Names of So-Called Banks
A HANDBOOK OF OLD PENNY BANKS
John D. Meyer, 1952
The names of the so-called banks on this page have been bandied about among collectors and dealers for a number of years and have appeared on want lists of many collectors but is seems none of the banks has come to light and therefore are gradually being taken off the lists as having never been manufactured and sold. Imagination and hearsay account for many of the names:
| Spise Mule, Civil War Soldier Ball Bank, Mechanical Barber Bank Barney Google Bank Barn Yard Animals Three Bears Bank Bears Performing on Trapeze Bird On Round Base Boys Playing Marbles Cart And Horse Chapmans Bank Cholly Knickerbocker Circus Tent, Key Winder Croquet Player Bank Darky Beggar, Sitting in Chair Darky Eating Watermelon Darky Sitting on Stump Darky Throws Coin to Alligator Darky With Violin Dog Chases Rabbit Through House Elephant Brass Tail and Trunk |
German Band, Four Musicians Girl Rolling Hoop Horserace With Sulkys House, Different men Appear Jack on House Japanese Ball Tosser Jin bank Little Bo-Peep, Girl Red Coat Menagerie Bank Miser (not a bank) Three Monkeys Bank Music Hall Bank Man on Chimney, Smoking Cigar Old Woman In Rocking Chair Ping Pong Revolutionary Soldiers Sleighride Bank State Bank, Figure Appears Steam Engine Bank, Penny Firebox Three Pennies Bank Villa Bank |
