HKMA Coin Cart comes to Sai Kung next month; now’s your chance to get rid of all that loose change

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Since 1993, “Queen’s Head” coins returning to the reserves have not been re-circulated. At the end of 2013, a total of 880 million “Queen’s Head” coins have been retrieved from circulation.

The Hong Kong Monetary authority (HKMA) has two Coin Carts that collect coins from members of public in the 18 districts of Hong Kong on a rotating basis. The next visit to Sai Kung will be from 1 – 7 October, and the Coin Cart will be parked in Chan Man Street, near the Sai Kung Government Offices. Collection will not take place on 3 October.

Service hours are from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.  Each vehicle is equipped with two coin counting machines and operational staff will be present to provide assistance. An electrical wheelchair lift is available for use. Users can choose to exchange coins for banknotes or adding value to an Octopus card. There is also a Community Chest donation box inside each vehicle. The coin collection service is free of charge.

Acceptable coins are shown in the graphic below:

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