Special & Extra Money (Self), Very Sweet Antique Treen Coin Bank lead soldiers I'm a sucker for a

I'm a sucker for a very naive watercolor of roses

including those small holes and some light toning spots/stains along the bottom edge of the paper

here drawing and photography and also stillness and motion

world traveller

I am pretty sure it is not silver

Special & Extra Money (Self), Very Sweet Antique Treen Coin Bank lead soldiers I'm a sucker for aThis 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