C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box 1872 This mid-century leather piggy bank

This mid-century leather piggy bank closes up with lock and key

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especially the red

and it can be set back on top most any way

C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box 1872 This mid-century leather piggy bankMostly Ive gravitated toward British bone spellicans, which in large part preceded American Jack Straws, but this is a very early set of the latter, c. 1890, in great shape, and I really love that all of the pieces are shaped like tools (specifically intended to represent farm tools from what Ive read.) Each piece has a point value stamped on one sideindicating how many points a player would receive for successful extracting it from the others without