Judd Manufacturing Co., Mechanical Mosque Coin Bank

Wallingford, Connecticut, circa 1875, painted cast iron, to use bank: place a coin in the monkey's tray and rotate the crank clockwise, the monkey will move counter-clockwise to the rear of the cupola depositing the coin and returning with an empty tray, unmarked.

9 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.

From a Prominent Collector, Aiken, South Carolina

Personal collection of Leon Perelman, The Perelman Antique Toy Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Stanley Paul Sax Collection.

Mechanical action working at time of evaluation; minor crack to dome; a few small scattered areas of paint loss and verdigris to crevices.

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