This vintage coin bank, was made by Bantharico Inc, Chicago, U.S.A., in 1964.
It features a unique design of the famous Buffalo Bill sculpted by G Whitney.
On the front, it says 'Buffalo Bill' and underneath it, there's 'MDCCCXLVI-MCMXVII' which are roman numerals for 1846-1917 which are the years he was alive (see below).
On the side, there's a copyright ©️ symbol, followed by the year 1964. Underneath it, it says J.B. Minter.
On the back, it says: "The Scout", Colonel William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill", Sculptured and Presented by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, July 4, 1924, Cody, Wyoming.
The bank is made of metal and was manufactured in the United States.
It is an original piece and is in great condition.
William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-1917) was an American frontiersman, scout, hunter, and showman who helped popularize the cowboy in American history:
William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Born: February 26, 1846 in LeClaire, Iowa
Known for: Creating the Wild West Show, which toured the world for 30 years
Career: Wagon train driver, Pony Express rider, scout for the Union Army, hunter, and showman
Nickname: Earned the nickname “Buffalo Bill” after hunting bison to feed railroad workers in 1867
Death: Died in 1917 while visiting his sister in Denver, Colorado
Burial: Buried at the top of Lookout Mountain, near Denver, Colorado
Legacy: Thousands of people visit Lookout Mountain each year to see Cody's burial place and museum
Here are some other facts about Buffalo Bill:
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - Buffalo Bill – The Scout sculpture
When the townsfolk of Cody, Wyoming, set about creating a monument to their namesake, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, they chose Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875 – 1942), a New York sculptor who hailed from the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
She was commissioned to produce the monumental Buffalo Bill – The Scout, considered the cornerstone of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art [now the Whitney Western Art Museum] collection, which still stands on the very spot where it was installed in 1924, just north of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Thus began a long relationship with the Whitney family.
No doubt inspired by his mother’s Scout—and his own admiration of Buffalo Bill—Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney donated the funds for a new western fine arts museum in Cody “on the fringe of the Rocky Mountains.”
In 1959, the new Whitney Gallery of Western Art was born; on June 21, 2009, it celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a redesign and reinstallation.
And more: Buffalo Bill – The Scout is a bronze statue of a mounted rider outside the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, United States, that was placed in 1924 to commemorate the town's most famous resident and de-facto founder, Buffalo Bill Cody.
Originally in open land on the western outskirts of Cody, the statue now stands at the end of Sheridan Avenue, which became the town's main thoroughfare as Cody grew to the west.
The project was initiated by Buffalo Bill Cody's niece, Mary Jester Allen, who had established the basis of what would become the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. A New Yorker, she persuaded heiress and artist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney to sculpt the piece.
Despite the offer of two existing sites in Cody, Vanderbilt selected and bought the final Cody site. Her first efforts attracted criticism for the type of horse, its pose, and its tack, all of which were regarded as too "eastern."
She then arranged for a horse named "Smokey" from Cody's TE Ranch to be shipped to New York, along with a cowboy from Cody to pose in the saddle.
The statue was dedicated on July 4, 1924 in the presence of an unusual number of dignitaries for such a remote location. It stands on a large stone base, meant to represent nearby Cedar Mountain, which Cody chose as his gravesite. The base is a consciously ironic statement, since Cody was buried, against his wishes, at Lookout Mountain in Colorado.
In time, Sheridan Avenue was extended to the statue and loops around the site. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is located nearby.
Vanderbilt funded most of the estimated $50,000 cost for the memorial out of her own pocket. She would go on to establish the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931. Her son, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney would fund the establishment of the Whitney Museum of Western Art at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
The statue's full title is Buffalo Bill – The Scout. The statue was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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