What is this dirty piggy bank doing here?!
This is what happens when I keep it in deep storage... the piggy bank is made of 925 silver. Let me clean it a little bit.
Let us open the piggy bank from below.
There is a screw located in the belly to open the piggy bank. Five turns open the bank.
... to reveal what is inside.
It has silver U.S. Washington Quarters, Standing Liberty Quarter, Mercury Dimes, 1912 Barber Dollar, Walking Liberty Half Dollar, Morgan Dollar...
Do you have a piggy bank?
The name "piggy bank" comes from pygg, an orange-colored clay that was employed in the Middle Ages to create jars for preserving foodstuffs like salt. These jars had changed into hollow containers with a coin slot sometime in the 18th century in England, frequently taking the form of a pig to create a visual joke on the name of the clay.
Few of these early pig jars, as they were known, have survived since breaking the jar would be required to obtain the coins inside. Removable plugs have saved piggy banks in more recent times and transformed them into the enjoyable collectibles they are now.
We can all agree that today we understand what the piggy bank represents and utilize it to put coins in, even if there is no clear origin for the piggy bank or how the pig became the symbol for saving money. It's probably safe to say that the piggy bank's name and pig-shaped design will endure.
Get your own savings piggy bank to use or share with your children if you want to save more money and make sure your coins are safe.
Source: Collectors Weekly
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