Key, Mechanical Bank, Duro, Strato

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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

Date

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

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bb876e39-e322-46b3-b2ae-3d9e16c760f4

Record ID

nasm_A20110029002