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Mobilgas Pegasus Glass
Baseball Coin Bank |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1941
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MANUFACTURER
- Heffelfinger
publications, N.Y.
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SIZE
- 3.5 tall
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PRICE GUIDE-
$20.00-$40.00
Very Good
- Excellent Condition
Add a premium for
Team Logo Banks,
value will vary
based on team
demand
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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These Pegasus, Flying Red Horse glass
baseball banks were made available at Mobilgas service stations in 1941. With
a purchase of 5 gallons of gas or more,
you could receive a free baseball bank.
Some dealers charged .10¢ with a
dollars worth of gas. The white glass
baseball bank with blues raised seams,
featured a red flying horse Mobilgas trademark
logo opposite of one another. Some
banks given away featured a red
baseball team logo opposite of the
Mobilgas red Pegasus.
Mobilgas baseball team banks included, the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit
Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh
Pirates, and Boston Braves. The
banks that do not feature the "Patent
Applied For" can date to the the 1950s. The glass
ball sits on a
plastic base. To open and remove the
saved coins the slotted metal cap is screwed
off counter clockwise, which releases
the ball from the plastic base. The
metal slot cap reads; Patent Applied
For, Heffelfinger publications, N.Y."
These glass baseball banks gained popularity during the 1940s, and includes;
the
1943 Yankee Products Co. New York
Yankees Lou Gehrig Bill Dickey, and St.
Louis Cardinals, Yank Banks. The
Clear glass Ball banks sold in 1946
seems to have been made with the same
mold as the Mobilgas banks. By the
mid to late
1950s plastic team
autograph baseball banks became a
popular savings bank premium.
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Mobilgas Pegasus
Trademark Logo Glass Baseball
Coin Bank |
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| Side View |
1941 Mobilgas Ad |
Side View |
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| Plastic base & Coin Slot |
Baseball Bank Plastic base and metal coin slot |
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