The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 50, December 9, 2007, Article 13

AUTHOR'S NOTE: 'MONEY' BY JOE CRIBB

Regarding the review I wrote on his book 'Money', Joe Cribb
writes: "Thanks for your kind words on my book. The objects,
unless indicated are from the British Museum collection.
There have been loads of printings of this as it has been
translated into about 20 different languages, including
American English! There have only been two editions as such,
the original one in 1990 and an update to cover the Euro in
1999. All others are reprints or translated editions. The
2000 is probably the US version of the 1999 one. The UK
editions have an index.

"The reference to the etymology of piggy bank is not written
by me, but added by the US editor/translator. This is an
erroneous etymology. In medieval English pots were sometimes
called pigs because of their resemblance to pigs. The earliest
money pigs were in Indonesia in the 13-15th century kingdom
of Majapahit on Java. The earliest European money pigs seem
to have been in Germany."

 BOOK REVIEW: 'MONEY' BY JOE CRIBB
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