Piggy bank
A piggy bank is used to collect coins. It is shaped like pig and comes in various colors and sizes. It is often used by parents to teach their children how to save money. It is not certain about why it is a called piggy bank and how it was started.
Some people say that "piggy" was "pygg" at first. Pygg is a clay that was used to make a bowl or vase to store salt or money.
Piggy Bank Media
Earthen pots used in Nepal as piggy banks.
An ancient Greek money box from Priene, 2nd century BC.
Majapahit terracotta piggy bank, 14th/15th century Trowulan, East Java. (Collection of National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta)
Roman vase-shaped money box (2nd/3rd century AD). Ancient money boxes appear in the archaeological record in a wide variety of shapes.
Money box from the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279).
Broken money box in red earthenware (between 1250 and 1350), archaeological find from Bruges.
Tudor money box from the 16th century, England.
