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How people count cash in different countries

by Jerry Guo (RSS feed) on Feb 17th 2008 at 9:40PM

Neil, a Gadling reader and fellow blogger, gave us the tipoff on this interesting video about the differences in how people count money. It's much easier to watch in a video than try to describe, which I think makes this a great clip. I totally agree with how East Asians and Americans count money (the two cultures I'm most familiar with).

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Bob G Feb 18th 2008 4:31AM

I've been living/travelling in Russia for the past 2 years, and I've never seen anyone count money as shown in the film. Most Russians count money like they do in the US.

Also, while I was in Kuwait, almost EVERYONE counted money like you showed happens in Japan.

Matt Feb 18th 2008 10:04AM

I'm from Canada, and that's the exact way I've always counted money. I wonder if I saw others doing it as a kid, or if it's just genetic :).

Diana Feb 19th 2008 8:10PM

Haha...My mom is Korean and my dad is American,and they both follow their "designated" process. I alternate between the two.

garyvdh Feb 25th 2008 1:18PM

We do not count money like that in Africa either (the second last one), we count it like the last person did.

Adam Feb 28th 2008 9:34PM

some of them are really funny ways of counting money, i burst out laughing at a few, im from canada by the way and thats how I count my money

omer Mar 27th 2008 8:29AM

in Turkey it's usually the first way, otherwise like the last one.

never have I seen the one that puts money all over the place. has to be rural areas.

LooZ Mar 29th 2008 2:06PM

I'm form Poland and I think you are mistaken about how Polish count moeny. I mean the way the Canadians or English do it is the most common in Poland. Anyway - a good clip :)

mommy g Apr 9th 2008 9:00AM

yep, i count money like an american...in my first job handling money, i was chided for counting it the first way, my boss telling me i could not get an accurate count. dunno if she was right, but i've counted it "her" way ever since. cool how different countries count in different ways, though--glad we all have money to count.

Mo Mar 6th 2009 7:00AM

Hey I'm from Egypt and we usually count money this way otherwise we use the first way

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