People put nickels in piggy banks. Not all of them use piggy banks exactly, some may use jars, cans, boxes and so on but my point is that everyone knows what piggy bank is. I feel a bit of curiosity about why people choose pig as the symbol of saving. The only association for me about filling the piggy bank with money is related to the life of the pig itself. You feed the pig (i.e. place money inside the piggy bank) and in time when it grows up big enough (when it is filled with coins) you slaughter (smash it to get the coins inside) it to eat it.
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