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Rare vintage Iowa Hawkeyes promotional coin bank featuring Herky the Hawk dressed as an Iowa football player and wearing #24, the number famously associated with Iowa football legend and 1939 Heisman Trophy winner Nile Kinnick.The original green and gold metal plaque on the front reads:IOWA STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY
IOWA CITY, IOWAPeriod advertising for this style of bank dates it to the mid-1950s, including advertising associating the #24 figure with Kinnick. The piece has a bronze-toned metal construction/finish, coin slot, and removable metal bottom plate.Shows expected age-related wear, surface patina/oxidation and discoloration. It has not been polished or restored. Please enlarge and examine all photographs, as they are an important part of the condition description.A scarce piece of early Iowa Hawkeyes memorabilia!
