| To satisfy my curiosity I did some piggy
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| | the pygg jar or pygg bank used for coins,
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| bank research and have learned some
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| | surely accidentally, became known as a
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| interesting things and thought I'd share
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| | pig bank or piggy bank! The general
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| them with you.
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| | consensus is that this evolution
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| As you well know, many, particularly
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| | transpired a few hundred years ago in
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| ceramic, piggy banks do not have an
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| | England when crafters were hired to make
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| opening to remove the money. Now why is
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| | pygg banks and not being familiar with
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| that? The theory goes that this is to
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| | pygg they made pig shaped banks.
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| serve as a lesson in finances for
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| | The oldest recorded piggy bank in the
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| children. The piggy bank enables a child
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| | shape of a pig is claimed to be 1500
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| to save his money but forces him to
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| | years old from Indonesia. If this is so,
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| justify its spending as in order to
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| | it precedes the pygg theory by around
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| access the money he needs to break his
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| | 1000 years! Perhaps there was some
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| piggy bank. This lesson seems to have
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| | connection between the pig and saving
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| been forgotten by many adults! Maybe we
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| | money in that culture but it seems to
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| should keep a piggy bank in our front
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| | have not influenced Western culture,
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| foyer and deposit our loose change as we
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| | where the modern piggy bank only evolved
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| come home each day! I digress...
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| | from pygg clay just a few hundred years
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| The question still remains, why is it
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| | ago.
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| called a piggy bank and why is it in the
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| | Understandably, the piggy bank is not
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| shape of a pig?
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| | popular in all cultures. The pig is
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| One theory is that just as it was common
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| | considered an impure animal according to
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| to purchase a piglet and feed it with
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| | the Old Testament and hence is not owned,
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| scraps until it was finally ready for
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| | eaten nor benefited by Jews. Similarly,
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| slaughter, so too we feed our piggy bank
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| | Islam forbids the eating of pork due to
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| with small change ("scraps") until it is
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| | being impure. Hence, one would not expect
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| full and then break it to reap the
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| | to find too many piggy banks in Muslim
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| rewards of our investment. According to
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| | countries and in homes of those of the
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| this, the piggy bank would also be
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| | Jewish and Islam faiths.
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| appropriate for adults.
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| | The modern piggy bank, whether made from
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| A more popular theory is that, in fact,
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| | ceramics, plastic, beads or metal, has
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| the original piggy bank had absolutely
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| | been a very popular collector's item and
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| nothing to do with a pig! In the Middle
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| | gift for children due to its appealing
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| Ages, when metal was expensive, an
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| | and humorous appearance. In addition to
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| inexpensive, orange colored clay, called
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| | the smile or chuckle we experience each
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| pygg, was the common media for making
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| | time we drop some change into our piggy
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| pots and jars, and was referred to as a
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| | bank let us be reminded by the lesson it
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| pygg jar, for example. One of these jars
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| | teaches us!
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| was often used to hold coins. Eventually,
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