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SMYTH X-RAY BANK- (5140) Mfg. attributed to Henry C. Hart Mfg. Co., Detroit, MI, designed by Char...

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SMYTH X-RAY BANK- (5140) Mfg. attributed to Henry C. Hart Mfg. Co., Detroit, MI, designed by Char...
SMYTH X-RAY BANK- (5140) Mfg. attributed to Henry C. Hart Mfg. Co., Detroit, MI, designed by Charles Smyth, Dayton OH, patented 5/31/1898. Cast iron & nickeled overall, produced & designed shortly after first x-ray machine invented in 1895. Features four internal mirrors which create illusion of "x-raying" the coin when viewing through the eyepiece, accomplished by internal mirrors forming a periscope. Lever is pressed to drop coin into bank. Well-designed, electrical images embossed on front. Replaced lever. (Pristine) $1500-1800