How Much Money Is In A Piggy Bank

Novelty container used for property coin money

A piggy bank, circa 1970.

Earthen pots used in Nepal as piggy banks.

Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or coin box) is the traditional name of a coin container normally used past children. The piggy banking concern is known to collectors as a "however bank" as opposed to the "mechanical banks" pop in the early 20th century. These items are also often used by companies for promotional purposes. The use of the proper noun 'piggy bank' gave rise to its widely recognized 'hog' shape, and many financial service companies use piggy banks every bit logos for their savings products.

Piggy banks are normally made of ceramic or porcelain.^[1] They are mostly painted and serve as a pedagogical device to teach the rudiments of thrift and savings to children; money can be easily inserted. Many piggy banks have a rubber plug located on the underside; others are made of vinyl and accept a removable nose for easy coin access. Some incorporate electronic systems which calculate the corporeality of money deposited.^[ii] Some piggy banks do not have an opening besides the slot for inserting coins, which will lead to bang-up the piggy banking concern with a hammer or past other ways, to obtain the money within.

Origins [edit]

The oldest Western find of a money box dates from second century BC Greek colony Priene, Asia Minor, and features the shape of a miniature Greek temple with a slit in the pediment. Money boxes of diverse forms were also excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum, and appear quite oft on late aboriginal provincial sites, peculiarly in Roman Uk and forth the Rhine.^[three]

Pig-shaped coin box [edit]

The earliest known pig-shaped coin containers date to the twelfth century on the island of Java. The Javanese term cèlèngan (ꦕꦺꦭꦺꦁꦔꦤ꧀; literally "likeness of a wild boar",^{[north 1]} just used to mean both "savings" and "piggy bank") is also in the modern Indonesian language. A big number of boar-shaped piggy banks were discovered at the large archaeological site surrounding Trowulan, a hamlet in the Indonesian province of East Coffee and possible site of the capital of the Majapahit Empire. ^[4]

There are a number of folk etymologies regarding the English language term "piggy bank," but in fact, there is no clear origin for the phrase, which dates only to the 1940s. It is believed that the popularity of the Western piggy banks originates in Germany, where pigs were revered every bit symbols of skilful fortune.^[v] The oldest German piggy bank dates to the 13th century and was recovered during construction work in Thuringia.^[6] The primeval known utilise of "pig bank" in English language is the 1903 book An American Girl in Mexico, which describes them every bit a Mexican gift.^[vii] ^[viii] In Mexico, piggy banks are called alcancía, a term originating from Andalusian Arabic.

Uses [edit]

The general use of piggy banks is to shop loose change in a quaint, decorative way. Modern piggy banks are not express to the likeness of pigs, and may come in a range of shapes, sizes and colors. They are well-nigh commonly used by temples and churches because they are locked money boxes with a narrow opening to drib cash or coins. The box is opened via a plug underneath it at regular intervals, when the collected coin is counted and recorded.

Piggy banks in popular civilization [edit]

Rachel, the unofficial mascot of Pike Place Marketplace in Seattle, Washington, is a statuary cast piggy bank that weighs nearly 600 pounds (270 kg), located at the corner of State highway Place under the "Public Market Eye" sign. Rachel was designed by local artist Georgia Gerber.

The Disney/Pixar animated franchise Toy Story feature a character named Hamm, a wisecracking, blithe piggy bank voiced by John Ratzenberger.

The Cost Is Correct pricing game Any Number uses a piggy bank icon to represent the game's consolation prize, that amount in dollars and cents.

Let's Make a Deal has a game, "Smash for Greenbacks", in which a contestant asks announcer Jonathan Magnum to smash piggy banks. A contestant who earns enough greenbacks ($1, $two, or Zonks in each piggy banking company) tin win a cash bonus of $twenty,000, but cannot observe both Zonks. In the version hosted by Monty Hall, ane of the 3 doors in the mean solar day's Large Deal sometimes hid "Monty's Piggy Bank", which contained a cash award.

See likewise [edit]

Maneki-neko
Tudor coin box

Image gallery [edit]

Roman vase-shaped coin box (2nd/tertiary century AD). Ancient money boxes appear in the archaeological record in a wide variety of shapes.^[three]
Broken money box in red earthenware (between 1250 and 1350), archaeological find from Bruges.

Notes [edit]

^ A cèlèng (ꦕꦺꦭꦺꦁ) is a wild boar, with the "an" affix used to denote a likeness

References [edit]

^ Schroy, Ellen (2011). Warman's Americana & Collectibles. Krause Publications. p. 367. ISBN978-1440228223.
^ "DigiBank Piggy and Panda Banks Learn to Count". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2008-11-09 .
^ ^a ^b Hurschmann, Rolf (Hamburg): "Money boxes", Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider (ed.): New Pauly, Brill, 2009
^ Supratikno Rahardjo. "Tradisi Menabung dalam Masyarakat Majapahit: Telaah Pendahuluan terhadap Celengan di Trowulan". In Monumen: Karya Persembahan Untuk Prof. Dr. R. Soekmono. Depok: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia, 1990. pp. 203-217.
^ "Twisted tale: The great piggy bank mystery". BBC Storyworks
^ "Geröntgt: Mittelalterliches Sparschwein ist leer". Welt. xxx Oct 2013.
^ An American Girl in Mexico
^ "Piggy | Origin and meaning of piggy by Online Etymology Dictionary".