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- | The Okito coin box was invented by Theodore Bamberg sometime before 1914. The story goes that he conceived | + | Perhaps the earliest |
- | At some later date someone added a lid, like the Okito box sported, and it became known as the Boston Box. Attributions to George Boston and Dr. Arnold Boston are erroneous. In 1902, Ellis Stanyon came out with a metal coin box made for vanishing a single coin and resembling a Rattle Box in effect. When the lid was placed on the box, the box was shaken and the coin heard inside. Then the rattling stopped, signaling | + | Another early coin box that performed the same task in a far less complicated way was the lidless German Coin Box, which was described under the title of "Der Changier-Cylinder" |
- | In 1907, Stanyon advertised another coin box, this of boxwood, which might be described anachronistically as a bottomless Okito Box. The base was fitted with an inner shell that did have a bottom. This shell could receive a stack of coins and be lifted from the box base by the lid, and returned, to vanish and reproduce the coins. In the April 1910 issue of // | + | Sometime after the lidded Okito box became popular (see below), someone added a lid to the German Coin Box. This became known as the Boston Box. Attributions to George Boston and Dr. Arnold Boston are erroneous. |
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+ | In 1902, Ellis Stanyon came out with a metal coin box made for vanishing a single coin and resembling a Rattle Box in effect. When the lid was placed on the box, the box was shaken and the coin heard inside. Then the rattling stopped, signaling the vanish of the coin. The box was made so that the bottom could be inverted, like the German and Okito Boxes, and it had just enough space to permit the coin to rattle, until pressure was applied to the lid. Stanyon described this on p. 70 of // | ||
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+ | In 1907, Stanyon advertised another coin box, this of boxwood. The base was fitted with an inner shell that did have a bottom. This shell could receive a stack of coins and be lifted from the box base by the lid, and returned, to vanish and reproduce the coins. | ||
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+ | In the April 1910 issue of // | ||
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+ | The Okito coin box was invented by Theodore Bamberg sometime before 1914. The story goes that he conceived the idea while playing with a wooden pill box. Mentions and advertisements for the box began appearing in 1914. The first published description appeared under the title of "A Novel Coin Box" in // | ||
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+ | A number of coin boxes have since been devised, most of which recycle and vary the above ideas, with occasional innovative touches. | ||
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+ | Also see: [[coin: | ||
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