Anyone collect these or know of any value? I received this one as it was the holder for a lot of mercury dimes that I bought off ebay a few months back. It is from the Liberty National Bank and Trust Company of East Aurora, New York. I do realize what they are and what they are for, I am just wondering if there are any collectors of these out there.
Some of my relatives have told me these given out by banks years ago to promote savings, albeit a dime at a time. Back then a dime was plenty to start a savings with. When the card was full bring it to the bank to deposit into a savings account. This particular one is dated 1954. I am wondering if they are collected would it be by year, bank, city or what?
1954? Silver coinage... well here I am 15 years old. Stuck with clad coinage. A lot of CT members had silver coinage available in circulation. And I have to roll search for silver. Not happy.
Very cool Tauf and ldhair, here is one I found with a quick search on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-1954-PIG-PI...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27ad3bae69
Those are great - My grandma's bank in Chicago used to give out the Dime Kitty's! I may have one lying around in an old memories bin somewhere, makes me really want to find it. I say it's a keeper for sure, very cool!
I have some... not pigs or chickens though :goofer:; the only problem was when i took the coins out of them, they were all toned and cloudy .
Yes, I agree those are really cool and I would collect them for sure. I am thinking that maybe they were started b/c ppl used to say "stepping over dollars to save dimes". just a thought
There are also a lot of March of Dimes folders around from the 50s also. I remember putting mercs ( I think a 16-D and a couple of '21) in to defeat polio. Jim
There's a neat story in the Sept 2008 issue of CoinValues magazine. Seems a guy in Denver back in the 40's went to the bank and got some new Mercs, 3 rolls of 39-D's and one 40-D. He put them in similar types of coin savers, put them away and forgot them. 50 years later, his son finds them, sends them to TPG's....lots of 67's and 68's....even about 20 69FB's! With color! That's the coin saver books I'd like to find!
cheapest grade of paper with tons of sulfur content= amazing toning on silver coins much like the old Meghrib albums
I could see collecting them. I would imagine typical ways to collect thm would be by type/design or by bank.
