Special & Extra Money (Self), Very Sweet Antique Treen Coin Bank ariel I think it's a pretty

I think it's a pretty terrific frog to begin with

Front cover detached

and once home laid it out in this tray I had sitting around in order to see it and sort it

Wonderful for serving nuts

which if not signed by the kid (I assume) who painted it I could be convinced was painted by Brad Kalhammer

Special & Extra Money (Self), Very Sweet Antique Treen Coin Bank ariel I think it's a prettyThis one I purchased from a lovely young dealer, who is always kind to point out to me things she thinks I'll appreciate, and invariably she is right. It is the interior of this small coin bank that makes it special, between that beautiful blue papered top with scattered jottings on it (maybe the year 1919?) and, especially, the carefully lettered and pasted in naming of what contents it was designated to hold: "Special & Extra Money" on one side, and