Antique DIME BANK Advertising Stork & Baby

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Description: UNUSUAL little bank Made by Strongart Company of Chicago and offered by The Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Ann Arbor, Michigan to attract new accounts. It features a stork holding a baby in a blanket and "Congratulations!" on one side, and "$1.00 Opens an Account. We loan you this little Bank to encourage Thrift. It holds $3.00 in dimes. We will open it for deposit as often as you bring it in. We have the key." It is lithographed tin; in near mint condition.

Status: No Longer Available	Reference#: 00098_2B
Condition: Near Mint	Year: early 1900s
Maker: Strongart Company
Height: .50 in. (1.27 cm)
Width: 2. in. (5.08 cm)
Title: The Farmers & Mechanics Bank Advertising Item

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