[Eng] Do you remember coins and piggy banks?

Greetings to the Economics community, and its administrator @spectrumecons, it is the first time I publish in this niche, which I think is very necessary, especially nowadays, when profound changes are taking place in the systems economic and productive planet. I must say that I am not a specialist in Economics, I vaguely remember what I studied at the University at a basic level, since it was not the career that I studied, however, the day to day, living in a country with such a strange economy Like the one in Venezuela, it makes me understand some things about this discipline empirically.

Something that has caught my attention, but not now, but about 23 years ago, was the disappearance of currencies in my country (later they reappeared but in another monetary cone and for a period of a few years). In Venezuela there has always been a relatively stable monetary cone, with very few changes, in any case the changes occurred in paper money or bills, rarely in metallic coins. This shocked me at the time, because it was common for the population to pay small expenses with coins. For example, public transportation, buying the newspaper, bread, sweets, even tickets to the movies, etc.; then, when the coins magically disappeared, to be replaced by "toy bills", I found it unpleasant. It was at that moment that I understood that little by little, something so basic for the economy of the towns, such as coins, would end up disappearing, that's why I decided to save some, and without a doubt I succeeded.

I think that one of the things that gave ordinary people security, about the strength of the country's economy, were precisely the currencies. I don't know if it will be a subjective perception on my part, but having in my hands something tangible, metallic, with a certain weight, with which to pay for daily expenses and purchases, allowed me to have some peace of mind. I think this is because as children, our parents accustomed us to having piggy banks, where we kept part of our allowance to later make some special purchase; so that one could speak of an economic imprint, to put it in some way.

As a child, I remember that I had dozens of piggy banks, made of various materials: plastic, clay, metal, etc.; and some of those piggy banks survived over time. For example, here I share a traditional clay piggy bank, in the shape of a chicken. This one has an old coin from my country inside, because this was given to me about 25 years ago and the lady who gave it to me said: "Here is a whistling coin" pointing to a coin that she put inside the piggy bank, which, according to her, would give me luck; and I think he was not wrong, because even with the terrible economic, social and institutional crisis in my country, I have never lacked livelihood, and it is not that I am a millionaire, or wealthy, nothing like that, but that I have been able to count on income always.