diff --git a/src/coins.h b/src/coins.h
index e1f1bee757c..ae7f34f4658 100644
--- a/src/coins.h
+++ b/src/coins.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * A UTXO entry.
  *
  * Serialized format:
- * - VARINT((coinbase ? 1 : 0) | (height << 1))
+ * - VARINT((height << 1) | (coinbase ? 1 : 0))
  * - the non-spent CTxOut (via TxOutCompression)
  */
 class Coin
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
     CTxOut out;
 
     //! whether containing transaction was a coinbase
-    unsigned int fCoinBase : 1;
+    bool fCoinBase : 1;
 
     //! at which height this containing transaction was included in the active block chain
     uint32_t nHeight : 31;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
     template<typename Stream>
     void Serialize(Stream &s) const {
         assert(!IsSpent());
-        uint32_t code = nHeight * uint32_t{2} + fCoinBase;
+        uint32_t code{(uint32_t{nHeight} << 1) | uint32_t{fCoinBase}};
         ::Serialize(s, VARINT(code));
         ::Serialize(s, Using<TxOutCompression>(out));
     }
diff --git a/src/core_io.cpp b/src/core_io.cpp
index 7ee0aa8eb2f..584f823bae2 100644
--- a/src/core_io.cpp
+++ b/src/core_io.cpp
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& block_hash, UniValue& entry
                 ScriptToUniv(prev_txout.scriptPubKey, /*out=*/o_script_pub_key, /*include_hex=*/true, /*include_address=*/true);
 
                 UniValue p(UniValue::VOBJ);
-                p.pushKV("generated", static_cast<bool>(prev_coin.fCoinBase));
+                p.pushKV("generated", prev_coin.IsCoinBase());
                 p.pushKV("height", prev_coin.nHeight);
                 p.pushKV("value", ValueFromAmount(prev_txout.nValue));
                 p.pushKV("scriptPubKey", std::move(o_script_pub_key));
diff --git a/src/kernel/coinstats.cpp b/src/kernel/coinstats.cpp
index 930023425c5..4f2f3feaf40 100644
--- a/src/kernel/coinstats.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/coinstats.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ template <typename T>
 static void TxOutSer(T& ss, const COutPoint& outpoint, const Coin& coin)
 {
     ss << outpoint;
-    ss << static_cast<uint32_t>((coin.nHeight << 1) + coin.fCoinBase);
+    ss << ((uint32_t{coin.nHeight} << 1) | uint32_t{coin.fCoinBase});
     ss << coin.out;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 4953107bbf3..deb2b42e85d 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static RPCMethod gettxout()
     UniValue o(UniValue::VOBJ);
     ScriptToUniv(coin->out.scriptPubKey, /*out=*/o, /*include_hex=*/true, /*include_address=*/true);
     ret.pushKV("scriptPubKey", std::move(o));
-    ret.pushKV("coinbase", static_cast<bool>(coin->fCoinBase));
+    ret.pushKV("coinbase", coin->IsCoinBase());
 
     return ret;
 },
@@ -1963,8 +1963,8 @@ static inline bool SetHasKeys(const std::set<T>& set, const Tk& key, const Args&
     return (set.contains(key)) || SetHasKeys(set, args...);
 }
 
-// outpoint (needed for the utxo index) + nHeight + fCoinBase
-static constexpr size_t PER_UTXO_OVERHEAD = sizeof(COutPoint) + sizeof(uint32_t) + sizeof(bool);
+// outpoint (needed for the utxo index) + nHeight|fCoinBase
+static constexpr size_t PER_UTXO_OVERHEAD = sizeof(COutPoint) + sizeof(uint32_t);
 
 static RPCMethod getblockstats()
 {
diff --git a/src/test/coins_tests.cpp b/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
index 2a180f25936..1ba3089a43a 100644
--- a/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ccoins_serialization)
     // Good example
     Coin cc1;
     SpanReader{"97f23c835800816115944e077fe7c803cfa57f29b36bf87c1d35"_hex} >> cc1;
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.fCoinBase, false);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.IsCoinBase(), false);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.nHeight, 203998U);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.out.nValue, CAmount{60000000000});
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(cc1.out.scriptPubKey), HexStr(GetScriptForDestination(PKHash(uint160("816115944e077fe7c803cfa57f29b36bf87c1d35"_hex_u8)))));
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ccoins_serialization)
     // Good example
     Coin cc2;
     SpanReader{"8ddf77bbd123008c988f1a4a4de2161e0f50aac7f17e7f9555caa4"_hex} >> cc2;
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.fCoinBase, true);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.IsCoinBase(), true);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.nHeight, 120891U);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.out.nValue, 110397);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(cc2.out.scriptPubKey), HexStr(GetScriptForDestination(PKHash(uint160("8c988f1a4a4de2161e0f50aac7f17e7f9555caa4"_hex_u8)))));
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ccoins_serialization)
     // Smallest possible example
     Coin cc3;
     SpanReader{"000006"_hex} >> cc3;
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.fCoinBase, false);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.IsCoinBase(), false);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.nHeight, 0U);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.out.nValue, 0);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.out.scriptPubKey.size(), 0U);
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Coin MakeCoin()
     Coin coin;
     coin.out.nValue = m_rng.rand32();
     coin.nHeight = m_rng.randrange(4096);
-    coin.fCoinBase = 0;
+    coin.fCoinBase = false;
     return coin;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp
index 0ed13fcc6ab..ed286865d08 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void utxo_snapshot_fuzz(FuzzBufferType buffer)
                 outfile << coinbase->GetHash();
                 WriteCompactSize(outfile, 1); // number of coins for the hash
                 WriteCompactSize(outfile, 0); // index of coin
-                outfile << Coin(coinbase->vout[0], height, /*fCoinBaseIn=*/1);
+                outfile << Coin(coinbase->vout[0], height, /*fCoinBaseIn=*/true);
                 height++;
             }
         }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void utxo_snapshot_fuzz(FuzzBufferType buffer)
             outfile << coinbase->GetHash();
             WriteCompactSize(outfile, 1);   // number of coins for the hash
             WriteCompactSize(outfile, 999); // index of coin
-            outfile << Coin{coinbase->vout[0], /*nHeightIn=*/999, /*fCoinBaseIn=*/0};
+            outfile << Coin{coinbase->vout[0], /*nHeightIn=*/999, /*fCoinBaseIn=*/false};
         }
         assert(outfile.fclose() == 0);
     }
diff --git a/src/undo.h b/src/undo.h
index 5591fe6cc82..13b92349510 100644
--- a/src/undo.h
+++ b/src/undo.h
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ struct TxInUndoFormatter
 {
     template<typename Stream>
     void Ser(Stream &s, const Coin& txout) {
-        ::Serialize(s, VARINT(txout.nHeight * uint32_t{2} + txout.fCoinBase ));
+        uint32_t nCode{(uint32_t{txout.nHeight} << 1) | uint32_t{txout.fCoinBase}};
+        ::Serialize(s, VARINT(nCode));
         if (txout.nHeight > 0) {
             // Required to maintain compatibility with older undo format.
             ::Serialize(s, (unsigned char)0);
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index a2b93233b91..a912d8c1be8 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ DisconnectResult Chainstate::DisconnectBlock(const CBlock& block, const CBlockIn
                 COutPoint out(hash, o);
                 Coin coin;
                 bool is_spent = view.SpendCoin(out, &coin);
-                if (!is_spent || tx.vout[o] != coin.out || pindex->nHeight != coin.nHeight || is_coinbase != coin.fCoinBase) {
+                if (!is_spent || tx.vout[o] != coin.out || pindex->nHeight != coin.nHeight || is_coinbase != coin.IsCoinBase()) {
                     if (!is_bip30_exception) {
                         fClean = false; // transaction output mismatch
                     }
diff --git a/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json b/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json
index 7d7460aacc8..e0c0eb39fbc 100644
--- a/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json
+++ b/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@
       "txs": 1,
       "utxo_increase": 2,
       "utxo_increase_actual": 1,
-      "utxo_size_inc": 163,
-      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 75
+      "utxo_size_inc": 161,
+      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 74
     },
     {
       "avgfee": 4440,
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
       "txs": 2,
       "utxo_increase": 3,
       "utxo_increase_actual": 2,
-      "utxo_size_inc": 235,
-      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 147
+      "utxo_size_inc": 232,
+      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 145
     },
     {
       "avgfee": 21390,
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@
       "txs": 5,
       "utxo_increase": 6,
       "utxo_increase_actual": 4,
-      "utxo_size_inc": 441,
-      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 300
+      "utxo_size_inc": 435,
+      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 296
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py b/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
index 35d43c4c528..daff883410e 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
@@ -171,16 +171,16 @@ class GetblockstatsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         genesis_stats = self.nodes[0].getblockstats(0)
         assert_equal(genesis_stats["blockhash"], "0f9188f13cb7b2c71f2a335e3a4fc328bf5beb436012afca590b1a11466e2206")
         assert_equal(genesis_stats["utxo_increase"], 1)
-        assert_equal(genesis_stats["utxo_size_inc"], 117)
+        assert_equal(genesis_stats["utxo_size_inc"], 116)
         assert_equal(genesis_stats["utxo_increase_actual"], 0)
         assert_equal(genesis_stats["utxo_size_inc_actual"], 0)
 
         self.log.info('Test tip including OP_RETURN')
         tip_stats = self.nodes[0].getblockstats(tip)
         assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_increase"], 6)
-        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_size_inc"], 441)
+        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_size_inc"], 435)
         assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_increase_actual"], 4)
-        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_size_inc_actual"], 300)
+        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_size_inc_actual"], 296)
 
         self.log.info("Test when only header is known")
         block = self.generateblock(self.nodes[0], output="raw(55)", transactions=[], submit=False)