Sunday, March 21, 2010

The Money Box

Believe it or not, before this last Saturday, I had never bought something from an antique mall. I've always found their prices to be inflated and most of their merchandise ordinary. When I saw this piece I just couldn't resist. It was neither expensive ($65) nor was it ordinary (I can't find any record of it's equal).

This is a church money box. It measures 12 inches tall, 8 inches wide and weighs a whopping 40lbs. It's built like a safe. Whoever built this thing was serious about the church not being robbed. The walls of the box are 1/4in of solid steel. The door is 1/2in thick and has two locks. Additionally this box was made to be screwed to the churches wall. That's some serious security.
Photobucket
Photobucket

3 comments:

Francy said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Francy said...

Now you can dig up that coffee can in the backyard where you keep all your money and put in this box. By the way, Ron thinks you're a secret millionaire.

Not Too Old said...

It looks like there was good reason to make it so sturdy - are there marks all over the lock where folks tried to pry in?