Why Do We Put Money into Piggy Banks?
By Stacey Sklepinski , University of Michigan Most hoi polloi are probably more concerned with how much money is saved in their piggy banking concern rather than wonder why exactly we relieve our spare coins in pig - shaped container . But how did those containers get that shape ? Containers for storing coin , known as moneyboxes or coin banks , have been usedfor one C . To encourage saving , a small slit was place on the top of these so that coins could enter but not exit ....