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Banks: |
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Although
coin banks had been around earlier, the founding
of America's first chartered savings bank
in 1816, did much to encourage the production
and sale of banks for home use. Cast iron
mechanical banks, which used ingenious mechanisms
to deposit the money, became particularly
popular between 1870 and 1930. Banks were
produced in a variety of forms, sometimes
reflecting popular social attitudes or portraying
events of the time. |
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