Adrian Weber Hello everyone đhappy): As a matter of fact I do also collect saving banks / money banks / coin boxes. I mainly concentrate on the âtougherâ ones though and mostly on the ones that were produced by safe manufacturers. I have an old Garny savings bank as well as one from Ostertag (that one looks like a small antique safe). Just recently I was able to acquire some from Bode and also Bode Panzer. The one from Bode is the oldest one and had to be made prior to 1924 because after 1924 Bode & Troue (Hannover) merged together with the Panzer AG (Berlin) and BODE PANZER was born. The savings bank from Bode is also the only one where you can open and maintenance the lever locking mechanism. On the other ones the cover plate of the locking mechanism is riveted in place and therefore making access impossible. I should also mention (again) that Bode Panzer has nothing to do with a tank and is not translated as âground tankâ. Bode stands for Bode & Troue and Panzer stands for Panzer AG or armour! (The name âPanzerâ = âArmourâ was often used in correlation with safes and the security or security features of them) I will start with posting the pictures of the Bode savings bank and also the refurbishing of its locking mechanism. Pictures of the other ones will follow the next days, if there is any interest in them. The mechanism was cleaned with Tunap MP102 full synthetic high quality oil. Hope you enjoy, Adrian đnerd):
Dean Nickel The translation of Armor makes sense as that is what we call a group of tanks, and other armored vehicles here. Nice lock!:8):
Huw Eastwood Nice- it does look a heavier gauge than most you see, and the lock is especially âchunkyâ for a money bank!
Huw Eastwood I got excited a few years back when I found out that Chubb made them in the 40s or 50s styled on their bankers safe and another as one of their Treasury vaults- that was until I saw them! Paper-thickness pressed âbiscuit tinsâ with the safe door and Treasury door details just printed flat on the surface. Typical of the tin-plate toy era of the time I know, but disappointing in that a bit of three dimensional detail for handles, hinges etc would have made a massive difference đ-:
Adrian Weber Well Max the metal on mine is thick trust me! The black ones have a wall thickness of 1.5mm and a bottom cover thickness of 2.1mm. The newer one has a wall thickness of also 1.5mm and a bottom cover thickness of 2.2mm. Here now the newer model probably from around 1930. You may have noticed that the âname plateâ was missing on the older Bode and Troue money bank. This one has a name plate but the mechanism that prevents you from getting coins out of it is somehow missing. The cover on the bottom also has a different hinge which is now mounted on each side (two hinges). The older one only had one hinge in the middle. The Bode Panzer coin box has a simpler locking mechanism which just has a bolt and a thrower, no levers.
