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Jolly Nigger Bank (Front view)

Jolly Nigger Bank (Front view)

GE-C comments:
"This is cast aluminum. It was made by Shepherd Hardware of New York, in the 1880s. You put the money on the plate, and it jerks into his mouth and his eyes close. I got him about 2002. I've no idea how much he cost me, I don't keep a list. I don't want it to be a money thing."

From the collection of George Eleady-Cole

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Photo by Glynn Griffiths

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Height: 16 cm