The Legend Of The Piggy Bank

The most common legend of how piggy banks were created dates back to 15th century Europe, where a type of clay called pygg was used to make plates, bottles, and vessels. When people threw their spare coins into these types of pygg containers, they started to call them pygg banks. Eventually, through a misinterpretation of the word pygg as pig, potters began to construct moneyboxes into the shape of pigs. As a result, the piggy bank was invented.

Source: Why Do We Put Money into Piggy Banks? | Mental Floss

---

Rights to all content (text, images, videos etc.) with post source. If you think these are wrongly attributed email us