A Plant That Churns out Money by the Bagful

Employees at this plant handle money literally by the bagful. RIA Novosti offers a guided tour of the Moscow Mint that celebrates its 70^th anniversary on April 25.

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Employees at this plant handle money literally by the bagful. RIA Novosti offers a guided tour of the Moscow Mint that celebrates its 70th anniversary on April 25.

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The Mint does no casting. Coins are minted from these slugs

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Visitors to the Mint confess that it’s hard to resist the temptation to thrust your arms elbow-high in this “wealth.”

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Women are in charge of spotting rejects because they are believed to be more sharp-sighted than men.

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Finished coins are packed in canvas bags with colored tags. Green for 10-kopeck coins.

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…blue for 50-kopeck coins…

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…and beige for five-ruble coins. Each bag contains 5,000 rubles.

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These may not look like coins, but they are.

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Commemorative coins dedicated to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi are rectangular in shape.