Disney-comics digest #541.
Bror Hellman
hellman at proxxi.uf.se
Sun Jan 1 14:31:35 CET 1995
> > bank myself -- one painted and one "bronze". And I've passed up several
> > others. I believe they were given away free by some (regular) banks in
> > several countries, so how uncommon could they be? But, like that gumball
> > bank, they are very nice with the ornery-looking $crooge guarding the
> > bank, rather than a cute, smiling $crooge (i.e. a "DuckTales" style
> > $crooge) that most vapid toy licensees would usually opt for.
> The $crooge on a chest bank must go back quite a ways if it's the
> same thing I'm thinking of. I saw one in a bank window in Salzburg,
> Austria in the fall of 1971, and I guess it was a premium for
> account-holders.
I don't know the actual difference between the countries, but the Swedish
version have an oak-tree on the sides of the chest. Not printed, but
embossed. Can you have a look on the side of your chests?
The oak-tree is the trademakr for the Swedish Savings Bank.
> I still remember it all these years later, as $crooge's expression was
> priceless, just daring anybody to get past him to open up _his_ treasure
> chest. Wish I had one...
Well, it's not so uncommon as I thought, so we could propably get one for
you if you don't find it yourself.
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