Students cash in as coin-counter scoops prize

FOUR University of Limerick students could be laughing all the way to the bank after their coin-counting invention scooped a top prize at a college exhibition.

They created a device than will save people the tireless job of counting thousands of coins. Euro Count is a circular shaped object that stores and counts change effortlessly. The structure has eight cylindrical tubes that store the equivalent amount to that of moneybags.

When the tube is full, all the user has to do is pop the coins into the moneybags before bringing them to the bank.