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3/2/2014 6:05 PM

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Mechanical Cast Iron Bank Trade Card

Here is a mechanical bank trade card advertising for the Jolly Nigger toy savings bank for sale by Meinecke and Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the 1880's-1890's. It is a bit rough but many of these mechanical bank trade cards are super rare and are sought after by the bank collectors. It is not out of the usual to see a trade card such as this bring upwards of $1000.00 for the rarest examples in perfect condition. This sounds like a lot but when a bank it self can sell on the market in excess of $50,000.00 this is a drop in the bucket for them to own a "go with". I my self paid $6.00 for this one while sifting through paper items in an antique shop in Keystone, South Dakota of all places!