Vintage Strato Coin Bank
Vintage Strato Coin Bank
Description
Description from The Henry Ford Museum:
In the years before the space race of the late 1950s, many Americans viewed outer space exploration as fantasy and science fiction. Whimsical space toys based on popular movies, radio and television shows, and comics featured futuristic robots, ray guns, and spaceships.
This Strato XU-232 die-cast mechanical space bank from 1953 was purchased by Planet Hollywood as an example of the sort of toys inspired by movies and shows such as "Flash Gordon." Bank is coated in a green metallic paint. Base of bank is rectangular and curved on the top with lines representing latitude and longitude with a small spaceship attached at top pointed towards a spherical moon. Top of spaceship has a retractable red piece on top that looks like a small plane and a red release button to shoot a coin into the opening of the moon. Bank is intentionally missing bottom cover and key.
Includes Planet Hollywood Certificate of Authenticity.
Condition
Missing bottom cover and key. Paint slightly worn and chipped. Red retractable plane piece on top of is broken.
Item Dimensions
3.5" X 8" X 2.75"
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