The Bank of Russia announced the start of the “Coin Week” campaign
The Bank of Russia announced the start of the “Coin Week” campaign, within the framework of which residents of the country will be able to exchange small change for paper money. The promotion will take place from October 7 to October 20 throughout Russia, it says in the Telegram channel of the Central Bank.
You can check the availability of exchange points in a particular city on the website coinweek.rf. According to the Central Bank, the largest number of share participants are represented in the Southern Federal District.
“About 4,000 departments of 159 banks and more than 3,500 retail outlets will take part in the action,” the message says.
The first similar event took place in Russia in 2003. Then the banks managed to collect more than 20 million coins with a total value of almost 83 million rubles and weighing 87 tons.
Earlier, the Central Bank issued new gold coins with a face value of 100 rubles with the image of St. George the Victorious. It is noted that the diameter of the coin is 30 millimeters, and the mass of pure gold 999 contained in it is estimated at 15.55 grams.
#Central #Bank #Russia #announced #beginning #Coin #Week