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THE HAIKOU CITY BUS COMPANY FARE COUNTING CENTER
Coin Update published a link to an article from China about the money counting center for the Bus Company of HaiKou City. With electronic fare cards and coin and banknote counting machines, manual operations like these are largely (if not completely) a thing of the past in the U.S. Great photo.
-Editor
Recently, the reporter visited the coin counting center in the Bus Company of HaiKou City where many fare boxes are placed. There are 14 staff members working here and they count changes and coins of more than 200,000 yuan every day. At 8 a.m., one staff member opens the fare boxes, and distributes changes and coins to his colleagues. Everyone will repeat counting over and over again. According to Hong Qing, head of the counting center, every worker counts changes and coins of 10,000 yuan every day; therefore, avoiding mistakes is not an easy task. Counting money until they get cramps in hands is no exaggeration. Each person will count changes and coins of 15,000 - 20000 yuan every day. They will count much more changes and coins on holidays. After counting, they will deposit the money in the bank. However, the bank will charge fees for dealing with too many changes and coins. To solve the problem, the bus company provides change service for changes and coins which is welcomed by the citizens. "We can find a lot of fake coins every day and don't know how to deal with them,"
To read the complete article, see:
Coin counters: Counting changes and coins of 200,000 yuan every day
(english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8214321.html)
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