On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:49:29 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

> I think I have said that in the US, I favor dropping all coins but the
> quarter, since in 1913, the smallest coin, the penny was worth 24
> present day cents. I would agree to rounding of a price to the *nearest*
> quarter. Even better would be dropping the whole set of present day
> coins and replacing by a twenty and a fifty cent coin but parking meters
> in a lot of places need quarters unless they can be fed by a cell phone.
>
I am in favor of dropping coins, but not in favor adding others. We
already have 50¢ and $1 coins which are not popular. I would hate
carrying them around. 1¢, 5¢ & 10¢ are bad enough. Those things are
monsters. No thanks!


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