Circa 1890: Ingeniously designed by Charles A. Bailey for Cromwell, Connecticut's J. & E. Stevens Company, the Bad Accident mechanical bank features a mule drawn wagon whose driver who is too busy munching a slice of watermelon to notice a careless child run out in front of the wagon from behind a bush and cause a calamitous accident that spooks the mules, upends the wagon, and throws the poor driver backward. This colorful bank has excellent orginal paint, no chips, cracks, or repairs, and even has its original coin trap, wich is almost always missing. The Bad Accident is one of the greatest cast iron mechanical banks ever produced and is a must have for every serious bank collector.
