Beautiful classic Chinese blue and white ceramic piggy banks! Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the traditional name of a coin accumulation and storage receptacle; it is most often, but not exclusively, used by children. The piggy bank is known to collectors as a "still bank" as opposed to the "mechanical banks" popular in the early 20th century. These items are also often used by corporations for promotional purposes. Their shape is most often that of a little pig. Many financial services companies use piggy banks as logos for their savings products. Piggy banks are slowly becoming extinct due to the modernizing of young children which encourages them to open a junior savings account, instead of keeping their money safe in a piggy bank, where it is vulnerable to theft. A modern money box Piggy banks are typically made of ceramic or porcelain, and serve as a pedagogical device to teach the rudiments of thrift and savings to children; money can be easily inserted, but in the traditional type of bank the pig must be broken open for it to be retrieved. Most modern piggy banks, however, have a rubber plug located on the underside; others are made of vinyl and have a removable nose for easy coin access. Some piggy banks incorporate electronic systems which calculate the amount of money deposited. China Ceramic Pig Piggy Banks, functional gifts that add such a beautiful accent in the home. |