If you’ve ever dropped spare change into a rotund, smiling, ceramic pig, you may have wondered: Why a pig? The idea of putting coins inside a chubby farm animal may seem whimsical, but the story of how pigs became the symbol of savings reaches back further than you might expect — and the real explanation busts a common myth that’s been circulating since the 1990s. Credit: Harold M. Lambert/ Archive Photos via Getty Images  Pigs as the Original Savings Account Before there were coin jars, there were pigs — real ones. In modest households across ...Read More