Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the traditional name of a coin accumulation and storage container, most often used by children. Piggy banks are often shaped like pigs and made of ceramic or porcelain.
Q & A: Raiding my piggy bank to pay for............
If you're like most of us you probably have a jar or moneybox or dish lying around where you drop your excess change in.
If you have a jar, can, piggy bank, no doubt you have your share. More cents are produced than any other denomination.
To start a coin collection the parent and child can start by opening the piggy bank and examining the coins together. Coins were manufactured during different years and each has its own history.
In 2002, Gallup polling found that 58 percent of Americans stash pennies in piggy banks, jars, drawers and the like instead of spending them like other coins.
Reach into your pocket and examine your change. Set aside those pennies made of copper. You might also have a piggy bank or a jar you've filled with a pile of loose coins. Save the copper; you can spend the zinc.
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circulation: anywhere a coin is used or where it might become worn. This can include banks, your pocket, your piggy bank, gumball machines, the store…you name it.
I dug deeply into the piggy bank and I now own the entire collection including the ten cent piece.
I immediately took out an ad in the "Numismatist" which drew only one offer.
 See also: Coin, Coin collecting, Penny, Copper, Mint
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