# Piggy Banks: Why a Pig?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piggy-banks-why-a-pig/362077>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piggy-banks-why-a-pig/362077 "2006-06-25T13:46:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piggy-banks-why-a-pig/362077/1 "2006-06-25T13:46:14Z")

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What is origin of using a pig for piggy banks? Nowadays, it is a symbol for savings, but why a pig?

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piggy-banks-why-a-pig/362077/2 "2006-06-25T13:59:17Z")

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Staff report:

[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpiggy.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpiggy.html)