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The Bank Works features wooden coin banks created using vintage brass and bronze Post Office Box doors. These Post Office Box doors are also known as lock box doors or lobby mail box doors. The Post Office Box doors are mounted into a beautiful wooden box handmade of solid oak, with a natural finish and a brass coin drop on the top. Post Office History indicates the use of these doors started around 1875. Some of these Post Office Box doors are key lock and others are combination lock, depending on the contract the companies bid on. Yale Lock Company and Corbin Lock Company, are two of the pioneers in casting these brass and bronze doors, and both companies are still in business today. The older Post Office Box doors are getting harder to find, since when the Postal Service renovates a facility, these wonderful, beautiful and ornamental castings are sold to scrap dealers. These Coin Banks are a preservation of Post Office History.

Federal Eagle Key #1 Size $70 #2 Size $80 #3 Size *** Circa 1892-1895 Dated Box $75, $90, ***	Single Combination U.S. #1 Size $70 #2 Size $80 Brass $90 #3 Size *** Circa 1906
Approximate Bank Sizes: #1 Size - 4 3/4" wide x 6" high x 4 3/4" deep #2 Size - 7" wide x 7 1/4" high x 5 3/4" deep #3 Size - 12" wide x 7 1/4" high x 6 3/4" deep *** These post office box doors are available only in limited quantities. Please contact us at BankWorks@BriarBrookArtisans.com to check on availability.
Grecian Key Lock #1 Size $40 #2 Size $50 #3 Size $80 Circa 1968-1982	U.S. Key #1 Size $90 #2 Size *** #3 Size *** Circa 1880
Double Combination #1 Size $65 #2 Size $75 #3 Size *** Circa 1950 Nickel or Bronze Plated	Grecian Combination #1 Size $40 #2 Size $50 #3 Size $80 Circa 1955-1968
Old Grecian #1 Size $45 #2 Size $55 #3 Size $80 Bronze Circa 1931 Brass Circa 1941	Dial Point Flower #1 Size $85 #2 Size *** #3 Size *** Circa 1896
Flying Eagle Bronze #1 Size $65 #2 Size $75 #3 Size $225 Brass $75, $85, $250 Zinc $65, ***, *** Circa 1906	Dial Point Sunburst #1 Size $95 #2 Size *** #3 Size *** Circa 1910
Double Combination Eagle #1 Size $70 #2 Size $80 #3 Size $150 Circa 1902 Beveled Glass $90, $100, ***	Wagon Wheel Key #1 Size $55 #2 Size $65 #3 Size $125 Circa 1910