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Russians have less to pay fines, including coins face value of ten rubles. Despite the growth of cashless payments and reduction of issue of banknotes increased the volume of issuance of coins, including large denomination. About this newspaper “Izvestia”.

So, by the end of 2019, the appeal was of 67.8 billion coins, and in this year their number has increased to 362 million units, amounting to 68.2 billion coins.

“the Bank of Russia is forced every year to put into circulation the coin, because part of it is deposited in piggy banks or lost. For example, in 2019 the Bank of Russia has issued additional seven coins to each citizen”, — quotes the edition statement of the Central Bank.

According to the regulator, on average, every Russian there for 465 coins. When it is most actively used “major” trifle — five and ten rubles. Experts attribute this “settling” so that a single coin is impossible to buy anything.