Historical Background of Silver Dollars in Casinos From the 1940s through the early 1960s, Nevada casinos commonly used U.S. silver dollars (Morgan and Peace dollars) in slot machines, table games, and payouts. The Sands Hotel & Casino (opened 1952) was no exception, like other Vegas casinos,...
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Likely Manufacturer and Era of Production The described cast iron lion bank, about 5 inches long and ~4-4.5 inches tall, with a two-piece molded body and coin slot, is very likely an early 20th-century American still bank produced by the A.C. Williams Company. Collector references (e.g....
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Few American coins have lived a journey as dramatic, misunderstood, and romanticized as the Morgan silver dollar. Minted between 1878 and 1904, with a final encore in 1921, these hefty silver pieces traveled a path unlike any other U.S. coin. Their story is not just...
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Before there were spreadsheets, scanners, and armored trucks, there was the clink of silver and the hiss of paper. Inside America’s early banks, tellers spent their days stacking coins by hand, wrapping them in brown paper, folding the ends tight, and sealing them with glue or...
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The Forgotten Art of the Teller Pouch: How Canvas Bags Carried the Trust of Early American In the quieter days of American banking, when marble counters and handwritten ledgers defined trust, there was one object every teller knew by touch: the pouch. It wasn’t glamorous. It...
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Long before digital banking and armored trucks, the backbone of America’s financial trust traveled in the hands of couriers inside sturdy leather or canvas bank bags. These simple yet vital containers tell a remarkable story about the evolution of banking, security, and public trust in...
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VintageBanker.net began with a coin collector’s passion, a fascination with the stories behind every coin, mint mark, and banking institution that shaped our economy. What started as a love for coins soon grew into a deeper appreciation for the history of banking itself, the tools,...
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