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savings bank. Although the term savings bank is now used to identify a bank that receives primarily the savings of individu- als, as opposed to a commercial bank that caters to businesses, the words were first used to describe a child’s bank made to save coins. These became popular in the United States after the Civil War, when small coins became popular; before then mer- chant tokens, certificates, and stamps had been more common- ly used. The savings banks were fashioned in many shapes, in- cluding the ubiquitous piggy bank. |