Piggy banks may seem like child's play, but these timeless coin containers appeal to people of all ages. As many piggy banks have become collectors' items, they can be great for starting an investment ...

Arranged atop a table in Merle Vastine’s basement are 25 small objects that don’t appear to have much in common: a baseball, a bust of a Native American, a red lantern, a house, a 1924 Chrysler, a ...

Merle Vastine, of Davenport, shows off his collection of 25 “piggy banks” – or home safes, as they were called – that were issued by Davenport financial institutions in the early- to mid-1900s to ...