Interesting $2.5 Indian and original bank box??
Manorcourtman
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Do you buy this story? Linky-do It would be a neat item/coin to have if true. Anyone ever seen these so-called Bank boxes before?? I doubt anyone on these boards can recall 1908 very well!
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<< <i>THE BANKS IN THOSE YEARS GAVE OUT THESE LITTLE BOXES FOR DIFFERENT GOLD COINS TO BE GIVEN AS GIFTS. >>
Actually, this is true. I've seen gold Indian's auctioned in these original boxes before.
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
Think I'll ask Santa for one of those too
(The bank gift boxes info is from my family’s records – several were in community banking in the late 19th early 20th centuries. The Riggs Bank collection owned by PNC Bank also includes information on early banking promotions and ways they accommodated customers. Some banks even ordered new coin from distant mints so their lady customers would always be given clean coin.)
<< <i>These were fairly common through the late 1930s. Banks were very attentive to customers back then (not like the greed-empowered, fee-laden crooks of today) and purchased little gift boxes from jewelry suppliers. The boxes were available for $2.50 through $20 size coins, and with cover printing saying "Merry Xmas" or "Happy New Year", etc. The most common through about 1915 were boxes with New Year's greetings. For 1934, the jewelry supply companies produced gift boxes for half dollars and silver dollars, but they were never as popular as the gold coin boxes. The boxes ranged from simple velvet lined pasteboard, to rather elaborate presentation boxes similar to ones used by the finest jewelry shops. Visitors to the Philadelphia Mint could also purchase similar gift boxes at the Mint and from jewelry stores near by. There are several comments in mint documents about collectors buying boxes for coins.
(The bank gift boxes info is from my family’s records – several were in community banking in the late 19th early 20th centuries. The Riggs Bank collection owned by PNC Bank also includes information on early banking promotions and ways they accommodated customers. Some banks even ordered new coin from distant mints so their lady customers would always be given clean coin.) >>
Thanks for the cool history lesson!!! Gotta love the history behind this hobby!!
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