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"Tinplate Mechanical Moneybank"

Dimensions

Width: 6.5cm
Height: 13cm

Caption

A mechanical moneybox designed to instill the virtue of thrift at an early age. To operate press a lever and the clown's tongue appears; put a coin on his tongue and he swallows it for safe-keeping!

Credit

Quinn Toy Collection, Fermanagh County Museum

Object number

FCM_1995_020