Coin Collection Programme

Coin exchange service is closely related to the daily lives of the public and is one of the basic services commonly provided by retail banks. The HKMA is committed to fostering financial inclusion, including encouraging banks to provide diversified coin exchange services.

Meanwhile, the Coin Collection Programme, launched in October 2014, provides a new channel for collecting coins in addition to the retail banking network. The two Coin Carts collect coins from the public in the 18 districts of Hong Kong on a rotational basis and free of charge. The coins collected are then recirculated to meet public demand, making circulation more efficient and reducing the need for minting new coins. The programme is the world’s first structured coin collection scheme using a mobile approach and has won several local and international awards in recognition of its innovative and green approach.

Members of the public can visit the location most convenient for them, including bank branches, to exchange coins based on their needs.

Please refer to FAQs on Coin Collection Programme and other useful information below:

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Arrangements under extreme weather conditions

	Warning Signal in force at 7 a.m.	Warning Signal lowered between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.	Warning Signal lowered after 2 p.m.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 or above or Black Rainstorm Warning Signal	Service suspended	Service resumes within 2 hours	Service remains suspended for the day

Coins accepted by Coin Carts
Coin Collection Programme accepts the following Hong Kong coins
- 10¢ coins of 1982 or after
- 20¢ coins of 1975 or after
- 50¢ coins of 1977 or after
- $1 coins of 1978 or after
- $2 coins of 1975 or after
- $5 coins of 1980 or after
- All $10 coins
Coin cart photos and video
- Do you know? In 1863 the Hong Kong Government produced Hong Kong’s first legal tender coin, a one-mil “Yi Wen” coin with a design based on the traditional Chinese cosmology of the hemispherical dome (square earth under a round sky).
- Do you know? The first five-cent silver coin was issued in 1866. It weighed 0.036 taels. At that time, vegetable wholesalers made their bids discreetly by communicating in codes. “Dau” and “Ling” represented “3” and “6” respectively. The coin was therefore commonly known as “Dau Ling”.
- Do you know? In the past a fifty-cent coin was also known as “half dollar.” In 1910s fifty cents could buy a decent Chinese style dinner.
- Do you know? For replacement of one-dollar notes, Hong Kong issued one-dollar coins in 1960. It was the highest-value and largest coin at that time, earning itself a nickname “Dai Beng”, meaning “big cake”.
- Do you know? 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.
- Do you know? There are no coins in circulation showing years of minting “1999” to “2011” because there had been no demand for minting new coins during these years.
- Do you know? At the end of 2013 around 6 billion coins were in circulation in Hong Kong. They weighed 30,000 tons, equivalent to 2,000 double-deck buses.
- Do you know? Hong Kong coins are mainly made of copper, nickel, zinc or plated steel.
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  Coin cart time lapse video

Coin Cart Location

Service hours：10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Coin Cart No.1

Date:	05 Oct 2026 (Mon) To 11 Oct 2026 (Sun) (Service suspended on Thursday 8 October)
District:	Kwun Tong District

Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate Piazza
5 Oct (Mon) to
7 Oct (Wed)

Ying Fu House, Choi Ying Estate, Kowloon Bay
9 Oct (Fri) to
11 Oct (Sun)

05 October (Mon):	Normal Service
06 October (Tue):	Normal Service
07 October (Wed):	Normal Service
08 October (Thu):	Service Suspended
09 October (Fri):	Normal Service
10 October (Sat):	Normal Service
11 October (Sun):	Normal Service

Coin Cart No.2

Date:	05 Oct 2026 (Mon) To 11 Oct 2026 (Sun) (Service suspended on Wednesday 7 October)
District:	Eastern District

Oi Yuk House, Oi Tung Estate, Shau Kei Wan*

05 October (Mon):	Normal Service
06 October (Tue):	Normal Service
07 October (Wed):	Service Suspended
08 October (Thu):	Normal Service
09 October (Fri):	Normal Service
10 October (Sat):	Normal Service
11 October (Sun):	Normal Service

Coin Cart Schedule (Up to 3 January 2027)

Service hours：10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
(* denotes LCSD mobile library service locations)

Date	Coin Cart No.1	Date	Coin Cart No.2
Coin Cart No.1 13 Oct 2026 To 18 Oct 2026	Sha Tin District Mei Shek House, Shek Mun Estate, Sha Tin 13 Oct (Tue) to 15 Oct (Thu) Mau Chuen House, Shui Chuen O Estate, Sha Tin 16 Oct (Fri) to 18 Oct (Sun) (Service suspended on Monday 12 October)	Coin Cart No.2 12 Oct 2026 To 18 Oct 2026	Tsuen Wan District Sau Shan House, Cheung Shan Estate, Tsuen Wan* (Service suspended on Thursday 15 October & Saturday 17 October)
Coin Cart No.1 19 Oct 2026 To 25 Oct 2026	Wan Chai District Lay-by on Luard Road (Near 1 Luard Road) 19 Oct (Mon) to 20 Oct (Tue) Lay-by outside Wu Chung House, 213 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai 22 Oct (Thu) to 25 Oct (Sun) (Service suspended on Wednesday 21 October)	Coin Cart No.2 19 Oct 2026 To 25 Oct 2026	Yau Tsim Mong District Lay-by on 33 Ivy Street, Tai Kok Tsui (outside On Yip Factory Building) 19 Oct (Mon) to 21 Oct (Wed) Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East (near Hong Kong Science Museum) 23 Oct (Fri) to 25 Oct (Sun) (Service suspended on Thursday 22 October)
Coin Cart No.1 26 Oct 2026 To 01 Nov 2026	Eastern District Adjacent to On Hing House, Hing Wah (II) Estate, Chai Wan (Service suspended on Tuesday 27 October & Thursday 29 October)	Coin Cart No.2 26 Oct 2026 To 01 Nov 2026	Yuen Long District Hay Ping House, Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long (Service suspended on Wednesday 28 October)
Coin Cart No.1 02 Nov 2026 To 08 Nov 2026	Tsuen Wan District Luk Yeung Sun Chuen, Tsuen Wan (Podium outside YMCA) (Service suspended on Wednesday 4 November)	Coin Cart No.2 02 Nov 2026 To 08 Nov 2026	Sai Kung District Lay-by on Sheung Ning Road, Hang Hau (near P.L.K Fung Ching Memorial Primary School) 2 Nov (Mon) to 4 Nov (Wed) Parking area adjacent to TKO Spot, Sheung Tak Estate, Tseung Kwan O (adjacent to Sheung Chun House)* 6 Nov (Fri) to 8 Nov (Sun) (Service suspended on Thursday 5 November)
Coin Cart No.1 09 Nov 2026 To 15 Nov 2026	Wong Tai Sin District Lok Cheung House, Tsz Lok Estate, Tsz Wan Shan 9 Nov (Mon) to 11 Nov (Wed) Lok Wong House, Tsz Lok Estate, Tsz Wan Shan 13 Nov (Fri) to 15 Nov (Sun) (Service suspended on Thursday 12 November)	Coin Cart No.2 09 Nov 2026 To 15 Nov 2026	North District Lung Sum Lane, Sheung Shui (between Metropolis Plaza and Lung Fung Garden) (Service suspended on Wednesday 11 November)
Coin Cart No.1 16 Nov 2026 To 22 Nov 2026	Tuen Mun District Public Area next to Tai Hing Commercial Complex Block 1, Tai Hing Estate, Tuen Mun (Facing the direction of Hing Yiu House) 16 Nov (Mon) to 20 Nov (Fri) Tin King Estate, Tuen Mun (between Tin Lok House and Leung Tin Sports Centre) 21 Nov (Sat) to 22 Nov (Sun) (Service suspended on Tuesday 17 November)	Coin Cart No.2 17 Nov 2026 To 22 Nov 2026	Kwun Tong District Open area adjacent to Ping Wong House, Ping Tin Estate, Lam Tin (Service suspended on Monday 16 November)
Coin Cart No.1 23 Nov 2026 To 29 Nov 2026	Yau Tsim Mong District Entrance of Prosperous Garden, Tung Kun Street, Yau Ma Tei (Service suspended on Thursday 26 November)	Coin Cart No.2 23 Nov 2026 To 29 Nov 2026	Sha Tin District Kam Kei House, Kam Tai Court, Ma On Shan, Sha Tin* 23 Nov (Mon) to 24 Nov (Tue) Chung Tak House, Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan (open area outside basketball court) 26 Nov (Thu) to 29 Nov (Sun) (Service suspended on Wednesday 25 November & Friday 27 November)
Coin Cart No.1 30 Nov 2026 To 06 Dec 2026	Southern District Tung Ping House, Lei Tung Estate, Ap Lei Chau* 30 Nov (Mon) to 2 Dec (Wed) Lei Ning House, Ap Lei Chau Estate, Ap Lei Chau 4 Dec (Fri) to 6 Dec (Sun) (Service suspended on Thursday 3 December)	Coin Cart No.2 30 Nov 2026 To 06 Dec 2026	Tai Po District Lay-by on Tung Cheong Street, Tai Po (Adjacent to carpark entrance of the Tai Po Tung Cheong Street Leisure Building) 30 Nov (Mon) to 3 Dec (Thu) Near Wan Lam House, Wan Tau Tong Shopping Centre, Wan Tau Tong Estate* 4 Dec (Fri) to 6 Dec (Sun) (Service suspended on Wednesday 2 December)
Coin Cart No.1 07 Dec 2026 To 13 Dec 2026	Central and Western District Connaught Place, Central (near General Post Office) (Service suspended on Wednesday 9 December)	Coin Cart No.2 07 Dec 2026 To 13 Dec 2026	Islands District Lay-by on Yat Tung Street, Yat Tung (2) Estate, Tung Chung (next to Kan Yat House) (Service suspended on Thursday 10 December)
Coin Cart No.1 14 Dec 2026 To 20 Dec 2026	Sham Shui Po District Lai Lim House, Lai On Estate, Sham Shui Po (Service suspended on Wednesday 16 December)	Coin Cart No.2 14 Dec 2026 To 20 Dec 2026	Kwun Tong District Hiu Fai House, Hiu Lai Court, Sau Mau Ping (Service suspended on Thursday 17 December)
Coin Cart No.1 21 Dec 2026 To 27 Dec 2026	Kowloon City District Podium outside Wai Man House, Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin (Service suspended on Wednesday 23 December)	Coin Cart No.2 21 Dec 2026 To 27 Dec 2026	Wan Chai District Lay-by outside Causeway Centre, Harbour Drive (opposite to Sun Hung Kai Centre) (Service suspended on Thursday 24 December)
Coin Cart No.1 28 Dec 2026 To 03 Jan 2027	Wong Tai Sin District Open area between Kam Wah House and Carpark, Choi Hung Estate, Ngau Chi Wan (Service suspended on Wednesday 30 December)	Coin Cart No.2 28 Dec 2026 To 03 Jan 2027	Kwai Tsing District Ching Pak House, Cheung Ching Estate, Tsing Yi (Service suspended on Tuesday 29 December)

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Last revision date : 09 October 2026