Complete Set of Vintage 1980's Wade Natwest Pigs Piggy Banks

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If you want to save money without being bulky or boring, or if you want to add a touch of fun to your home, a Piggy Bank is the way to go. Helping children understand money and the importance of saving is still an important part of NatWest’s work and since 2015 its free financial education programme MoneySense has reached over 1.

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Please note that, whilst we endeavour to provide accurate and useful information, the Content may not be wholly accurate or up-to-date and is subject to change, often at very short notice. Some 1,500 piggy accounts were opened on the first day alone and by 1985 a million pigs had been issued. Many people's first experience of saving will be thanks to a piggy bank, and for millions growing up in the 1980s this meant NatWest's iconic family of ceramic pigs.If you had a NatWest children’s account in that decade and can’t remember throwing out the piggy bank, you would be well advised to hunt it down and start to make money collecting NatWest piggy banks.

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They were given away as a reward for children who had diligently saved – from Woody to Sir Nathaniel. The competition, held at the end of 2012, attracted over 2000 entries and 25,000 votes from across the UK.Do I need to fit winter tyres to my car now it's colder, and what's the difference between summer and all-season tyres? Given the popularity of its piggies, it is perhaps surprising that NatWest stopped the promotion back in 1988. It should have the incised lettering of “Wade England” (as should all authentic, Wade-produced pigs), and the NatWest bung should be a good fit. per cent on its Leap account while building societies Swansea, Chorley and Stafford Railway offer two per cent.

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it would take at least 2 years to collect the entire family due to the 6 monthly review and you had to collect each piggy bank within sequence.

We have an original set of the pigs in the bank’s archives and it’s always a delight to see the reaction they get, particularly from people who remember them from their own childhoods.

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As a result fewer Nathaniel's were produced which has led to this piggy bank being the most sought after from the family of 5. The six fun characters – Pigby and Friends – are based on the drawings of 13-year-old Kwamina Longdon, who won a national ‘pigs by kids’ competition to design a modern day savings pig. Look out too for a precious Woody glazed with 22-carat gold leaf and presented to members of the NatWest board of directors and a lucky few competition winners over the years. Thereafter, Wade produced a limited edition of 5,000 Cousin Wesleypigs for NatWest in 1998 as part of a five yearsavings bondand more recently Wade producedlimited editions of 250 gold Woody pigs in 2006, 400 gold Annabel pigs in 2007 and 400 gold Maxwell pigs in 2008. Wade, an advertising agency, produced a set of five farm animals as part of its Natwest Pigs project in the late 1970s.In some European countries, including the Netherlands, pigs are believed by many to bring good luck.