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   In article ,   
   Doc O'Leary  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Greg Goss  wrote:   
   > > Doc O'Leary  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > >everyone   
   > > >would probably be better off if cash transactions were rounded up/down   
   > > >to the nearest 10 cents.   
   > >   
   > > Canada dumped the penny recently.  The cents are there for credit or   
   > > debit transactions, but cash is rounded to the nearest nickel.   
   >   
   > Another funny bit about money is that, electronically (and somewhat   
   > ironically), it is essentially "metric" (including into fractions of a   
   > penny), but cash is still very much handled in an "imperial" fashion.   
   > For change, we mainly break a dollar into 25, 10, 5, and 1.   
      
      
   That's in America.   
      
   Here in New Zealand we used to have 1c, 2c and 5c coins, and still have   
   10c, 20c, and 50c coins ... there has never been a silly 25c coin.   :-)   
      
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