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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
We got a pig when we got married. If I were to take that with me, I'd be burned down terribly! It was (and stil is) filled with coin money. About €300 of it. And we never removed anything from it (only fill it with any loose coin we may find).
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My brother is a welder by trade and an artist as a hobby. He makes huge stainless steel "Banks", made from stainless pipes, and polished. The Banks don't have an opening to remove the money, and the only way to get it out was to saw off the top or bottom (he will re-weld any that are cut open) this was how he saved money and it turned into a moneymaking business. These banks weigh close to 30 kilos and would be very hard to move when full of coin.
I mention this because my friend, that had his house burn down and the reason for this thread, had one of my brothers banks. After the fire they were looking for anything they could salvage and came across the bank. It was only slightly scorched or so they thought, when they moved it there was none of the expected clinking of coins. When they had time to take a good look at it, all the paper money was burned to a crisp and the coins were only slightly distorted, but worthless.