For as long as I can remember my Mother, Mary Alice (Puckett) Hoskins has been collecting cast iron banks. She has others also but the cast iron were the ones she liked the best. The ones like The Dentist, Monkey Bank, Fishing, Clown and Dog, Globe and Space Ship are all working banks. There is a special place where you place either a penny or dime and then press the lever.My son now 38, played with these when he was young. They have now been passed on to my Son by my Mother. I wanted to photograph all of them before he takes them home. Oh yes, they are all full of money also, some have Silver Certificates in them. I did some research and the little cast iron safe bank is worth $495.00 now.
Freida Wells January 21, 2008