Vintage Mechanical Coin Bank Restoration

[@oneshotme]

Would love to have this for the African American Museum here in my state in the USA. Negro is a very racist here in the USA to a black person, don't know about where you're at. But I understand you're just saying what they called it It looks great and an excellent job restoring it!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@maksymilianchmielowski8788]

Them white eyes when it's swallowing coins 👀... Great video. Pleasure to watch. Good to see you recovering well.

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thanks mate 👊

[@matui6983]

Beautifully done

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thanks buddy 👊

[@darkseid1757]

Am I the only one who is gasping at the fact that you sand blasted a 100 year old vintage antique??? I understand that it looks great but personally, the old patina looks the best.

[@DonnaRn]

Me too! 👋 Now it’s not worth anything, right!

[@nickjones5250]

Looks awful restored...keeping things original is best 😢

[@l.s.rivers1697]

Excellent..

[@waltercobb4675]

It's been a long time since I seen one of those you have definitely great skills

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thank you very much Walter 👍

[@kizlok73]

Super, bardzo fajna renowacja, pozdrawiam 👍 cheers 🥃

[@MatthewMoustache]

Dzięki Tomasz 👊 doceniam 😁

[@mskayla7747]

Nicely done.

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thank you Kayla 👍

[@terryowings9469]

Oh Golly that's Good

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thanks Terry 👊

[@ianwalls4976]

Awesome transformation 👏 hope your feeling better and on the mend Matthew

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thanks Ian I'm getting better 👌

[@Blfisher82]

Great job and great work!

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thank you very much man 👊

[@MASTERLOBO-dt9br]

Great restoration job 😃. But I don't know if I would go to sleep with that face looking at me at night 😱😂

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thanks mate 👊 it's more kind face than you think 😁

[@JiggsysShed]

That is a really cool restoration. Awesome work mate. Was great to meet you at Makers.

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thanks mate 👊 we will meet again soon 👍

[@oneshotme]

Subscribed to your channel and looking forward to your next project.

[@MatthewMoustache]

Thanks man 👊 appreciate that 👍

[@oneshotme]

@@MatthewMoustache You're welcome!!

[@Huser-f2j]

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[@rastadiablo9870]

Ha jak zwykle bardzo dobra robota 😋 trzymaj się i uważaj na dłoń 😏 pozdrawiam serdecznie.

[@MatthewMoustache]

Dzięki Diablo 👊 dłoń daje rade 👌😁

[@toxsspox]

Bardzo mi się podoba

[@MatthewMoustache]

Dzięki Tox 😁👊

[@nonyabusiness5906]

I think ur going to upset a lot of people with this video. I respect the restoration but a lot of people are going react in a negative way.

[@miguelcjr777]

Agreed, the black man statue could not look more like a trained circus monkey... you had to know this wasnt a good idea...

[@georgejones3526]

I was thinking the same thing. Good thing he doesn’t live in the U.S., they’d be at his door with pitchforks.

[@johnfaulk7775]

Maybe next time refurbish with more natural skin tones and colors. It could be much more tasteful…

[@midei]

I agree. I’m sure Matthew didn’t realize why this image can be offensive, though.

[@grumpybugger110]

@@midei It's not offensive. Get over yourself and take a break from virtue signalling.

[@jonathanhartfield533]

What happened to your right hand?

[@MatthewMoustache]

I had a small accident 😪 deep cut, 5 stitches and after two months still didn't fully recover

[@ToskaForsite]

Is it toyota screwdriver?

[@MatthewMoustache]

It's stanley my friend

[@nicelydunwell5681]

Yowza yowza, gots to got me ones o dem! Yessuh I sho Doo

[@Thomas287]

That object is somewhat racist. No?

[@_sean_294]

Yeah, unfortunately. It seems like it was a "Jolly [N-Word]" or Little Black Sambo, or a Golliwog coin bank. It was made with yellow eyes and huge red lips, and its features were based on Minstrel Shows, where white people would paint their skin black with huge cherry-red lips and sing and dance racist songs. Some dates I've seen date it back to roughly 1892.

[@grumpybugger110]

No.

[@Blfisher82]

No! This is history being restored and he did a great job!

[@CzarinaHarris]

@@Blfisher82 a history steeped in racism smh. What’s wrong with telling the truth?

[@shafismaili1347]

I'm sure the restoration is splendid, but the object itself is cringe level racist.

[@MatthewMoustache]

Even for a second i didn't think about this because for me it's a great working piece of art, in this times is sooo easy to attach wrong label to anything you like.

[@shafismaili1347]

@@MatthewMoustache i'm not saying you're racist. I've got a lot of respect for you and your work. But a lot of people find these "golliwog" type objects racist because they are ugly caricatures of black people, often dressed in servant's livery.

[@MatthewMoustache]

@@shafismaili1347 I know you didn't call me, and appreciate your opinion, that's just my point of view about modern crazy world

[@CzarinaHarris]

@@MatthewMoustache respectfully, just because you don’t understand the history or take into consideration how this is offensive to Black people, doesn’t mean people are “attaching the wrong label” to it. It was always a very polarizing depiction of black people. Your restoration doesn’t change history.

[@cincy.a.l.w3219]

Agree. Your intentions probably meant well but this is not an item to go over easy in the states. These were made for Whites in a dehumanizing depiction for humor. J.E stevens originally named "the n***** bank". I work at an antique mall and sadly I see brand new reproductions of this.

[@bmetz9710]

The piece had more value with its original finish; a rubbing compound could have restored the original paint.