Monkey face Mechanical Coin Bank

This is an antique mechanical coin bank featuring a painted figure with a moving hand that accepts coins — likely cast metal or composition and hand-painted. The piece is historically notable for its mechanical action and period finish, but it reproduces an offensive racial caricature common in novelty items of the late 19th–early 20th century. Suitable for collectors of mechanical banks, museums or stage/prop use where historical context and sensitivity are required.