Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Duro Pattern & Mold Co.
- Summary
- This Strato model metal bank manufactured by Duro Pattern & Mold Co. of Highland Park (Detroit), Michigan comes from a design that was patented in 1953. The space-themed design of the bank included a mechanism that allowed the owner to shoot coins (pennies, nickels, or dimes) from the rocket into a slot in the Moon on the bank. The coins could be retrieved through a hatch on the underside of the bank. Created to be distributed as a premium by local commercial banks, the Strato included an adhesive sticker that advertised the gifting institution, in this case the Maywood Proviso State Bank (of Aurora, Illinois).
- Raymond Reines donated this bank to the Museum in 2011.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Raymond R. Reines. Dedicated to the Berzac Family, in honor of Team NASA.
- 1954
- Inventory Number
- A20110029000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA
- Materials
- Metal
- Plastic
- Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 20.6 × 6.7 × 7.9cm, 0.5kg (8 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 3 1/8 in., 1.2lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20110029000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv902c8b084-b300-44eb-b3f4-b06667bb5608
