KL cum Genting Trip Day 1 Part 2
Our next destination is the Royal Mint - not peppermint factory, but the place where they produce 1, 5, 10, and 20-cent coins. The guide is an Indian lady who knows a wee bit of Chinese - "lai-lai", "bai dui bai dui" (distorted pronunciation of queue up). There's a lot of rules - no cameras (darn!), no wallets, no bags, no children under 7, no cellphones, no coins, etc. Then we have to be scanned with a metal scanner before we can go in - high security huh? nice.
Since no camera inside, here's two pics outside:::
>> I don't know why this weird big-ass fish, labelled as "ikan ganas" in a warning sign, is here
>> Me, me sis, and me mom in front of the logo
The factory stank of machinery and oil. The process of making coins is roughly like this: The company imports the blank-faced coin from India (Bank Negara's going to make their own soon) >>> They weigh the coins to make sure the quantity is correct (I forgot the weight already) and pack them in boxes (like RM20 one box and stuff). They use some kind of vacuum machine to suck up boxes of blank coin to put into the stamping machines >>> New 2006 coins come flowing out like when you get the 777 lottery (but slightly slower)
Since no camera inside, here's two pics outside:::
>> I don't know why this weird big-ass fish, labelled as "ikan ganas" in a warning sign, is here
>> Me, me sis, and me mom in front of the logo
The factory stank of machinery and oil. The process of making coins is roughly like this: The company imports the blank-faced coin from India (Bank Negara's going to make their own soon) >>> They weigh the coins to make sure the quantity is correct (I forgot the weight already) and pack them in boxes (like RM20 one box and stuff). They use some kind of vacuum machine to suck up boxes of blank coin to put into the stamping machines >>> New 2006 coins come flowing out like when you get the 777 lottery (but slightly slower)