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?
