diff --git a/packages/amino/src/coins.ts b/packages/amino/src/coins.ts
index 21554904..702fb2af 100644
--- a/packages/amino/src/coins.ts
+++ b/packages/amino/src/coins.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { Uint53, Uint64 } from "@cosmjs/math";
-
+import { Decimal, Uint53, Uint64 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 export interface Coin {
   readonly denom: string;
   readonly amount: string;
@@ -68,3 +67,14 @@ export function parseCoins(input: string): Coin[] {
       };
     });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Function to sum up coins with type Coin
+ */
+export function addCoins(lhs: Coin, rhs: Coin): Coin {
+  if (lhs.denom !== rhs.denom) throw new Error("Trying to add two coins with different demoms");
+  return {
+    amount: Decimal.fromAtomics(lhs.amount, 0).plus(Decimal.fromAtomics(rhs.amount, 0)).atomics,
+    denom: lhs.denom,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/amino/src/index.ts b/packages/amino/src/index.ts
index aa235722..d273be77 100644
--- a/packages/amino/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amino/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export {
   rawEd25519PubkeyToRawAddress,
   rawSecp256k1PubkeyToRawAddress,
 } from "./addresses";
-export { Coin, coin, coins, parseCoins } from "./coins";
+export { addCoins, Coin, coin, coins, parseCoins } from "./coins";
 export {
   decodeAminoPubkey,
   decodeBech32Pubkey,
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
index 9a1ccf12..f97fe3c3 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+import { addCoins } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
-import { Decimal, Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
+import { Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import { HttpEndpoint, Tendermint34Client, toRfc3339WithNanoseconds } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
 import { assert, sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import { MsgData } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/base/abci/v1beta1/abci";
@@ -291,9 +292,7 @@ export class StargateClient {
       (previousValue: Coin | null, currentValue: DelegationResponse): Coin => {
         // Safe because field is set to non-nullable (https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.45.3/proto/cosmos/staking/v1beta1/staking.proto#L295)
         assert(currentValue.balance);
-        return previousValue !== null
-          ? this.addCoins(previousValue, currentValue.balance)
-          : currentValue.balance;
+        return previousValue !== null ? addCoins(previousValue, currentValue.balance) : currentValue.balance;
       },
       null,
     );
@@ -445,15 +444,4 @@ export class StargateClient {
       };
     });
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Function to sum up coins with type Coin
-   */
-  private addCoins(lhs: Coin, rhs: Coin): Coin {
-    if (lhs.denom !== rhs.denom) throw new Error("Trying to add two coins with different demoms");
-    return {
-      amount: Decimal.fromAtomics(lhs.amount, 0).plus(Decimal.fromAtomics(rhs.amount, 0)).atomics,
-      denom: lhs.denom,
-    };
-  }
 }