Show coin bank idea old the use of cola coin banks as aa thrift in can be traced back far beyond the christian era probably the oldest coin bank back la Is that found by count de and now in posses slon blon of the national city bank babli this savings utensil which Is in the form fonn of a closed urn of baked clay with a silt alit in the top was found in the arulas of utica an ancient phoenician city on the african coast near carthage Cart hace it fir n believed cleved bell i eved to beat be at least 2600 yes yar olif old |