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by xp84 409 days ago
Coins aren't so bad! In every country other than ours they use coins for the $1-2 amounts and it works fine. The reason being is that $1 get so much use that they wear out, whereas coins last for decades (unless they're our worthless pennies and nickels that people literally throw on the ground, those ones we mint billions of dollars worth per year at a loss just to keep up)

All for polymer bills too. Basically we should adopt all Canada's cash ideas.

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I guess that makes sense for a government, but for regular people, accumulating coins is super annoying. I wouldnt mind carrying coins if i just had to carry quarters and dollars