Vintage Oversized Buffalo Nickel Bank







Vintage Oversized Buffalo Nickel Bank
An oversized stack of Buffalo Nickels, cast in solid zinc, cool to the touch and satisfyingly weighty in the hand. Industrial metal elevates humble pocket change into something sculptural, graphic, a little bit brazen. Look closer and the illusion sharpens: both sides faithfully reproduce a 1926 U.S. Buffalo Nickel, the stoic Native American profile on one face, the muscular American bison on the other, blown up to heroic scale.
A narrow slit along the edge gives it away. This monument to loose change is a bank. Twist the top and it opens with a quiet, mechanical confidence. Inside, stamped 1975, a small time capsule from an era that loved bold statements and clever design.
On a desk, it feels witty. On a bookshelf, subversive. It is Americana reimagined in metal, equal parts nostalgia and swagger.
Go ahead, save your coins. Or better yet, display your instincts.
3 in. DIA x 2 in. H