Money Box products for sale online in Zambia

A money box is basically a box usually made of metal used for saving money in, with a slit in the top through which the money is dropped. A piggy bank is known to be a kind of money box normally used by children. Piggy banks are also often used by companies for promotional purposes. Other types of money boxes include tin money boxes, cash money boxes, wooden money boxes, to mention but a few. Browse through this category for various money boxes available in Zambian stores. A money box for petty cash is a metal box with a sturdy lock. A safe for your home depends on space that you have available, choose a safe that locks with a key or one with pin-code access.

Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the traditional name of a coin container normally used by children.

A money box is a small box with an opening at the top, into which a child puts coins as a way of saving money.

As both words sounded the same, English potters would shape 'pygg' pots into the shape of pigs to humour the words. As this became a trend, people would request for the 'pygg' pots to be shaped like pigs. Over the next few hundred years people slowly forgot that 'pygg' referred to the clay.

So in the 19th century when English potters received requests for pygg banks, they started producing banks shaped like pigs. This clever — albeit accidental — visual pun appealed to customers and delighted children. Early models had no hole in the bottom, so the pig had to be broken to get money out.

So in the 19th century when English potters received requests for pygg banks, they started producing banks shaped like pigs. This clever — albeit accidental — visual pun appealed to customers and delighted children. Early models had no hole in the bottom, so the pig had to be broken to get money out.

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This might surprise you, but the origins of the piggy bank date back to 15th-century Europe. Workers would store loose change in clay pots, jars and bottles to be used for emergencies. Because the containers had to be shattered to extract the change, these clay vessels worked well to deter spending.

Storage capacity. On average, piggy banks store anywhere from 100 to 1,500 coins.