I found another one and purchased it. As you can see it is in amazing condition. Now I am hoping that a board member with knowledge of figural pieces can help me out in dating this piece. It came with coins and single dollar bills inside of it. The oldest coin was a nickel dated 1946 and the oldest bill was a single dated 1963. The remainder of the money was dated between 1966-1971. Based on this, coupled with the uniform style, I would assume that 1971 would be the production date? On the back the artist's name Ivo Zini. I think the rarity can be attributed to the fact that the only way to remove the money was with a long pair of tweezers or a hammer as the open sign on the back is molded into the bank and does not separate from the bank. I imagine most kids opted for the hammer.
Zini also produced this bust of Clemente in 1988
http://www.huntauctions.com/phone/im...89&lot_num=559 However, although similar in style it is a solid piece and not a bank. I think this may be the Clemente bust referred to earlier in this post? If there was a Clemente bank produced and someone has a picture of it can you please post it to confirm it exists for me? If it does, I have a new mission. Additionally Zini produced statues for the Sports Hall of Fame Museum & the Theater at Three Rivers Stadium. He died in 2008.