A piggy bank is a coin container normally used by children, featuring a slot at the top to insert coins or folded bank notes. The piggy bank is known to collectors as a "still bank" as opposed to the
A piggy bank, circa 1970.
Earthen pots used in Nepal as piggy banks.
An ancient Greek money box from Priene, 2nd century BC.
Majapahit terracotta piggy bank, 14th/15th century Trowulan, East Java. (Collection of National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta)
Thuringia is a landlocked state in central Germany. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. It is the country's center
Piggy bank
…where pigs were revered as symbols of good fortune. The oldest German piggy bank dates to the 13th century and was recovered during construction work in Thuringia. Maneki-neko…
Thuringian landgravian lion, depicted in the Fürstenzug
Thuringian palatine eagle, depicted in the Fürstenzug
Marriage of the Thuringian landgrave Henry Raspe and Beatrice of Brabant
Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle at the Thuringian Highland