Overview
- Residents can exchange accumulated coins for banknotes or deposit the amount to their accounts from Sept. 22 to Oct. 4.
- About 15,000 retail points and 4,000 bank branches in roughly 3,000 localities are participating.
- Exchanges are available at listed banks and stores, with addresses and conditions posted on monetnayanedelya.rf.
- The central bank says April’s round returned more than 51 million coins totaling 242 million rubles to circulation.
- Deputy governor Sergey Belyov says recirculating coins lets banks and retailers cut transport and collection costs and reduces the need to mint new coins.