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Piggy banks - A short history

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




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