Dammit!

man now there isnew .50 cent piece even more change for me now
christ why can't we go back to bills it was soo much better and easier to (walk past homeless people without giving them money)
and countless other things that i hate about change


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more FRICKIN' change! (http://www.mint.ca/NR/exeres/00001170rsxqpykmixksrubo/PressRelease.asp?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fen%2fnews%2fpr%2f50centcirc%2ehtm&NRNODEGUID=%7bB1419DB2-E42C-4929-9640-5CE827545334%7d&NRQUERYTERMINATOR=1)

Canada - the land of metal money and good beer :)

change sucks....i think everything should be in dollars or whatever you call paper cash in your country....Its just so much easier to carry.

I think the reason they are going to change is that it lasts longer and its certainly more difficult to counterfeit. They dont have to take it out of circulation like paper money and print up new batches to replace it.

I had a coin jar once that I've kept for about 2 years. I took it to the coinstar to get it counted and changed into useable money and it was over 50 bucks. coins suxx0rs at teh money

Yep, metal money lasts more than 10 times longer on average than paper money. Also it is more collectable and much much harder to counterfeit.
ALSO, if the smallest denomination available was $1, then that's the cheapest something could be. Right now we have pennies, which means we can have penny candy and quarter machines. I like change.

change is a pain..thats why i always give (like if the price is 3.15) i just give 4 and just chuck the change in my pocket and put it in a bowl @ home

I had a coin jar once that I've kept for about 2 years. I took it to the coinstar to get it counted and changed into useable money and it was over 50 bucks

thats nothin...my dad had a coin jug (like the ones that they use in the water machines upside down) and he got one when he was real little and then had like 3 more full of coins...and on his 50th birthday he had over 1000 bucks in change...glad i didnt have to count it

it gets heavy after a while. I'm like silver, if something is 3.15 I'll give them 4 and toss the change in my purse...it gets kinda heavy after a while....ChAnGeSuCkS!!!!

Australian notes last a lot longer than any other country because it is a plastic polymer that was developed by the CSIRO (Scientific Bureau Thingy). We then sold the proprietry technology to other countries. It also has clear wondows, watermarks and many, many other features to prevent counterfeiting. It's also colour coded! Easy...

As for the dollar thing, I know the US and I think Canada still has 1c denomincations. The smallest we have is 5c coins. This means many things are like $19.95, etc.

Just a little trivia for y'all.

Australian Money Pics (http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/churweb/grassroots/Our%20World%20Around%20Us/australian_money.htm)