Cool Spinning Globe and Stars Coin Slot Bank painted postcard from a Denver collection of

from a Denver collection of 19th and early 20th century Native American art and objects

Each cufflink is marked 585 on the stem

half-fallen

These average about 1/2" in diameter

particularly round the edge of the lid

Cool Spinning Globe and Stars Coin Slot Bank painted postcard from a Denver collection ofI'm thinking perhaps this was one the topper to something a carnival game, or maybe a fortune telling machine, spitting out rolled up fortunes? (It seems it must have been something more than just a coin bank, as it's fairly large and pretty heavy duty, and the coin opening feeds coins through only through the right slot, making one think the left one must have had some other use?) The brass globe spins manually, and has little glass beads inside of