What is a Coin Bank?
To begin our exploration of all things piggy banks, it seems fitting to first acknowledge what defines a coin bank. If you have ever shopped around for something to hold your loose change, you may have already concluded that the variety of coin banks available knows no bounds. The point is that it is the intention of use that defines what a coin bank is –namely, whether or not the object in question will be used to hold loose change. The implications of this are such that coin banks (and piggy banks, if you will) can literally be made from any solid material you can think of. And what about functionality? In addition to sorting capabilities, some coin banks can boast a variety of useful (and not so useful) integrated components such as clocks, desktop organizers, radios, and more undefinable creations that transform them into toys. But back to the point, simply referring to an object a ‘coin bank’ does not necessarily denote any of these features described above, save for the fact that it is intended to hold change. ‘Coin Bank’ is defined by Dictionary.com as “n: a container (usually with a coin slot on top) for keeping money at home“. We are not engineers, but we still think this definition is a little lacking, if only because coin banks can be used to keep change in many places other than home. Instead, we’ll adopt a new definition: “a container (usually with a coin slot on top), that is used to hold coins“. That’s it. The rest is up for grabs, as the below wisegeek.com article helps support (enjoy):
Change has a way of accumulating and before long, there’s too much to put in your wallet or pocketbook. You might end up with a pool of change on the dresser top. Instead, a coin bank on the dresser top will give you a place to put all that change! (Read More…)
