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Bank Advertising – Safe

Categories Advertising
Type Bank
Material Pot metal
Markings See narrative
Manufacturer Undetermined
Origin United States
Date or Era circa 1920
Measuring 2” x 2” x 2 ½” high

Cast metal inkwell in the form of an old bank safe. On the front is advertising for Merchants National Bank, Saint Paul, Minn. Under the hinged lid is impressed: Capital $1,000,000.

Sold for $92 in October 2023

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