Hi Woodsy,
Here are some more plastic money boxes from various banks, all date from the 1960s or early 1970s.
None of these are space related. None have openings to remove the coins, and would again have to be cut open.
The orange and red elephants are from the Auckland Savings Bank, and have ASB Kashin on the sides. The coin slot is at the back of the head.
The ASB began using an elephant to promote savings by children in 1964, giving away money boxes, it was named Kashin as a result of a competition.
Later they sponsored an elephant for Auckland Zoo. As you might guess, this was named Kashin. Height 110 mm, length 160 mm.
I found a site which gives a brief history - https://www.asb.co.nz/blog/2015/11/the-history-of-kashin.html
The blue/purple coin bag is from the Bank of New Zealand, and has gold lettering, with a coin slot in the top. Height 121 mm.
The gold Donald Duck is from the Bank of New South Wales Savings Bank (NZ) Ltd, another Australian bank operating in NZ.
He is standing on a strongbox, and holding a bag of money. His eyes are white paper labels, white with dark blue pupils.
The coin slot is in the top of his head. There is a copyright notice on the back for 'Walt Disney Productions'. Height is 152 mm, dead on 6 inches.
Given this is a money box, surely Uncle Scrooge would have been a better choice than Donald Duck ?
The Commercial Bank of Australia and the Bank of New South Wales merged in 1982 to form Westpac.
Paul A
New Zealand
Have you got any old money boxes?
Great to learn about NZ money boxes, Paul. I've been collecting money boxes, mainly Finnish, because of the manufacturer MK-Tuote who was also a prolific exporter from the 1960's on.
ReplyDeleteChecked the ASB site and noticed also their Robert Robot money box. Is that vintage as well?
I would assume the robot is also 'vintage', but I do not have one, and have no idea of the date. The elephants came in a range of colours, but the red and orange examples shown are the only ones I have. I do not actually collect money boxes, most of those I have are the ones I had (but never used) as a child. The need to cut them open to get the contents put me off actually putting money in them. It would be such a pity to ruin them. It would be nice to see some shots of your money boxes, what sorts of subjects did Finnish banks use to appeal to children, and encourage them to save ?
ReplyDeleteI completely share your sentiment about disposable money boxes, Paul. Would never do that to an innocent hippo or Tivvy troll that we used to have. Let me come back to this (quite vast) subject later on, in the meanwhile attached a little blog posting I wrote some years ago
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Thank you, those globes are beautiful. A really interesting subject, I can certainly see why you collect them. Looking at some of the other postings on Money Boxes, I noticed that the mechanical one with a skeleton that sits up has Satan's Bank on the side, which is a bit weird.
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