Hi Woodsy,
I have just seen the photos of the Ertl Tugboat bank from Terranova47.
I looked this up on Ebay. It was one of a series of three banks showing different tugs.
I finally found a photo showing the model with its coin slot exposed, it appears that the section with the white pipes, just behind the funnel, lifts off to reveal the slot.
Some banks have a hinged cover instead.
Here is the photo I found on Ebay.
Paul Adams
New Zealand
Thank you Paul for doing the legwork on this. I purchased the model because it was of a tugboat. Like most of the money boxes I seem to have there was never the intent to use them as such. Nice to see there was a way to use it as the maker intended.
ReplyDeleteI have not actually used any of the money boxes in my 'collection' either, most of them have been in boxes for years, and it is only since seeing all the money boxes posts on Moonbase Central that I have dug them out, and photographed them.
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