Rare 1963 Mary Roebling / 75th Trenton Trust Anniversary Mechanical Bank. Original owner’s estate item, stored in plastic bag / inside home. Mechanical mechanism works great. #137 out of a total of #200 cast. See pictures for overall condition. Bank bottom opens with standard key / easily by hand. Anthony Greenwood, Sculptor, J. Brubaker, Designer, Grey Iron Casting Company, Founders. One of 200 pieces. Inscription on Bottom Plate : “The Brotherhood For Survival of Free Enterprise”. According to an article. Sometime prior to 1963, the 75th anniversary of her bank the Trenton Trust, Mrs. Roebling came up with the idea of creating a mechanical bank to commemorate the occasion. She wanted the bank to have the characteristics of the old cast iron type and be made in the same fashion and material. This required a bit of ingenuity on her part, and to begin with she acquired the services of the well known sculptor, Anthony Greenwood of Philadelphia, Pa. He worked for some six months to develop the original idea and two working models were made. These at a later date completely and mysteriously disappeared. It was decided by Mrs. Roebling to make a limited edition of 200 of the banks, each to be numbered. The Grey Iron Casting Company of Mt. Made the bank from designs by J. The Mary Roebling-Trenton Trust mechanical bank was designed to symbolize the free enterprise system upon which our countrys economy thrivesto commemorate 25 years during which Mrs. Roebling has served as President and Chairman of the Board of Trenton Trustto show the banks location, significant in historic times, as well as today, where it is the highest building in Trenton. Here is how this mechanical bank works. Bank building with female figure seated in front in blue dress; lever on back activates woman’s arm which shovels coins into the side of the building and then a sign saying Trenton Trust pops out of the top of the building like toast. Heres a different description of the banks mechanics from the. Article (we like the detail about the movement of the head). The bank operates as follows: A coin of any size, including a silver dollar, is first placed on the key as shown in Picture 1. The Trenton Trust sign on top of the building is then pressed down and it snaps into place (the bank is pictured with the sign up to better illustrate same). A lever, located to the back of the building, is then pressed down. Roeblings right arm raises and moves forward causing the coin to slide from the key into the bank, Picture 2. At the same time her head turns toward the building and the sign atop the building springs into the position as shown. All parts except the sign return automatically to position on releasing the lever. The sign is again pushed down and the bank is ready for another coin. The item “Mary Roebling /Trenton Trust Mechanical Bank, 75th Anniversary, Cast Iron #137″ is in sale since Tuesday, June 12, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Banks, Registers & Vending\Mechanical Banks”. The seller is “robertodelatucson” and is located in Prescott, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.

• Brand: Mary Roebling Trenton Trust
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Original/Reproduction: Original