Never seen that before, strange indeed, but not a so stupid idea
The classic Gottlieb coil A-18102 has been replaced by a more modern model, available in the today industrie. The "G" logo on the solenoid indicates that the manufacturer is "Guardian Electric Manufacturing Co."
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This company is specialized in building solenoids, relays and switches.
http://www.guardian-electric.com/index.html
By a coincidence, it is localized in the Illinois at Woodstock, not very far from Chicago.
The model used on the bank target look to be a standard and not specific made.
They have many models, using 12V or 24V. This one is similar to your (but in 12V) :
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May be interesting to get a picture of the label of your coil, to see what model they exactly use to replace the A-18102.