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Post by velodromed on Sept 30, 2024 15:34:39 GMT -5
BREAK IT OR SAVE IT!? I found this in my storage the other day. I remember finding it left behind in an old house well over 20 years ago. It is solid, there’s no premade hole to remove coins so what’s in there has been in there awhile. The kid and I were able to shake out a handful of pennies but stopped when it began to crack. The oldest was a 1958 wheat penny and newest was from 1972. So. Should we break it open?? We really want to but we really don’t so... What say y’all?      |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 30, 2024 15:38:15 GMT -5
Don’t break that. It’s likely worth something
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ThomasT
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Post by ThomasT on Sept 30, 2024 15:52:38 GMT -5
Don't break it... send one of those small USB camera snakes in there and look around... like a colonoscopy...  |
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RockyBeach
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Post by RockyBeach on Sept 30, 2024 16:01:19 GMT -5
velodromed Here is how we used to get the $$ out of banks without exit holes: Put a table knife in the slot and maneuver the coins by (gently) sliding them around in the bank ... it takes a while but the coins will eventually get the idea and slide out via the knife
I Love how your pictures "just happened" to include some shiny rocks ! 
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RockyBeach
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Post by RockyBeach on Sept 30, 2024 16:04:28 GMT -5
It's official !!! I found a video of how piggy banks used to work before they invented plastic inserts for coin removal
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Post by aDave on Sept 30, 2024 16:32:13 GMT -5
velodromed Here is how we used to get the $$ out of banks without exit holes: Put a table knife in the slot and maneuver the coins by (gently) sliding them around in the bank ... it takes a while but the coins will eventually get the idea and slide out via the knife
I Love how your pictures "just happened" to include some shiny rocks ! I like your thinking, and I was just going to suggest the same thing. That's how we used to deal with old banks when I was a kid. |
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Post by Pat on Sept 30, 2024 16:58:27 GMT -5
velodromed Here is how we used to get the $$ out of banks without exit holes: Put a table knife in the slot and maneuver the coins by (gently) sliding them around in the bank ... it takes a while but the coins will eventually get the idea and slide out via the knife
I Love how your pictures "just happened" to include some shiny rocks ! I like your thinking, and I was just going to suggest the same thing. That's how we used to deal with old banks when I was a kid. Exactly!! I was going to suggest that method. That’s how we did it years ago. Save the pig! |
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Post by Tommy on Sept 30, 2024 17:53:19 GMT -5
I voted to BREAK IT! haha Antique market values have collapsed in the past 10+ years and as we found out when my momma passed two years ago you can hardly give the stuff away ... and she had some REALLY beautiful and one-time desirable pieces. I personally would rather see what's in the pig. Edited to add: WHY IS THE COLLECTIBLES MARKET DYING? |
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Post by RockyBeach on Sept 30, 2024 18:15:00 GMT -5
velodromedMy curiosity forces me ask what it says on the bank ..I can make out "pottery co" in the picture but not the word before that. It might be fun to find it online. Other than sentimental value, the cracks and missing ear probably eliminate that it will have much $$ worth.
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Post by RickB on Sept 30, 2024 18:48:04 GMT -5
velodromedMy curiosity forces me ask what it says on the bank ..I can make out "pottery co" in the picture but not the word before that. It might be fun to find it online. Other than sentimental value, the cracks and missing ear probably eliminate that it will have much $$ worth. Damage on it takes any value away. I would give it a thump with an Eastwing. Sitting Pig Bank, with cherry blossom design. Vintage: Chic Pottery Co, 1943 www.ebay.com/itm/313947990081 |
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Post by velodromed on Sept 30, 2024 18:59:55 GMT -5
Don’t break that. It’s likely worth something Check out these cracks. They look like from when it was dropped and the ear broke off maybe. It also seems questionable if the section around the whole parted and allowed access to the thing. It looks like a lss asme (kids) repair was attempted in the past, but I can’t tell if the crack went all the way around or not. So the thing may not be worth as much y’all think or…?     |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 30, 2024 19:14:11 GMT -5
Well then… chuck it at the next person you see walking down the street.
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Post by velodromed on Sept 30, 2024 19:29:48 GMT -5
I voted to BREAK IT! haha Antique market values have collapsed in the past 10+ years and as we found out when my momma passed two years ago you can hardly give the stuff away ... and she had some REALLY beautiful and one-time desirable pieces. I personally would rather see what's in the pig. Edited to add: WHY IS THE COLLECTIBLES MARKET DYING?Yes!! So would we lol |
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Post by velodromed on Sept 30, 2024 19:31:09 GMT -5
velodromed My curiosity forces me ask what it says on the bank ..I can make out "pottery co" in the picture but not the word before that. It might be fun to find it online. Other than sentimental value, the cracks and missing ear probably eliminate that it will have much $$ worth. Damage on it takes any value away. I would give it a thump with an Eastwing. Sitting Pig Bank, with cherry blossom design. Vintage: Chic Pottery Co, 1943 www.ebay.com/itm/313947990081Thanks!! I will check this all out. Much appreciated! |
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Post by velodromed on Sept 30, 2024 19:34:50 GMT -5
Right now I’m thinking we break the thing this week. I’ll talk with the kid after gymnastics and let her decide.
*(edit) aw crap. That’s going against my own poll I set up. Ugh. Bad example Doug. Bad Doug. Ok, rest assured, we’ll go by the poll results.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Sept 30, 2024 20:18:17 GMT -5
My no vote counts as two because I still have an old piggy bank that I use... You break it, I break you  |
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Post by velodromed on Sept 30, 2024 21:13:36 GMT -5
My no vote counts as two because I still have an old piggy bank that I use... You break it, I break you lol man y’all getting violent. Beating down on mules even. Ok, we will leave it whole and happy. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 2, 2024 14:45:13 GMT -5
My no vote counts as two because I still have an old piggy bank that I use... You break it, I break you lol man y’all getting violent. Beating down on mules even. Ok, we will leave it whole and happy. I say break it...then use the "valuable" coins inside to buy the $10 one of eBay Rick linked to! LOL |
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RockyBeach
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Post by RockyBeach on Oct 2, 2024 19:52:21 GMT -5
velodromed did you try the knife trick to get the coins out ?
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 3, 2024 7:06:38 GMT -5
velodromed did you try the knife trick to get the coins out ? This kind of knife??  |
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