The stated origin of “piggy banks” (etymological, from an old English word “pygg” meaning “clay”) seems plausible, but it ignores the fact that in East Asia, the pig has long been a symbol of wealth. Coins have an ancient tradition in Asia, and you can find pig-shaped coin banks from China, Indonesia, and so on that long predate the 18th-century pun-pigs of England. Although they used other animals, pigs predominated the form, and this goes back to the 14th century or earlier. Is it not possible, or even likely, that the “piggy bank” came with the mass importation of Chinese porcelain around that time, and the “pygg” tie-in was just a lucky coincidence?
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