Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Duro Pattern & Mold Co.
- Summary
- This original key for a Strato model metal bank, manufactured by Duro Pattern & Mold Co. of Highland Park (Detroit), Michigan, opened the hatch on the underside of the bank so that the coins could be retrieved. 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.
- Created to be distributed as a premium by local commercial banks, the Strato included a place for an adhesive sticker advertising the gifting institution. 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
- A20110029002
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA
- Materials
- Metal
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 2.5 × 1.9 × 0.3cm (1 in. × 3/4 in. × 1/8 in.)
- 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_A20110029002
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bb876e39-e322-46b3-b2ae-3d9e16c760f4
