• Limonene@lemmy.world
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    I feel like we should be normalizing $1, $2, and $5 coins at this point. I know $1 coins exist, but nobody uses them. If I drop a $1 coin in a tip jar, people say sarcastically “thanks, that 25 cents will go a long way” because they think it’s a quarter.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Canada has $1 and $2 coins, but it’s all irrelevant as 99% of transactions are digital tap cards.

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        Canada was a decade ahead of the US when it came to implementing tap. It’ll take the US a long while to get to the same level of universal acceptance, starting from so far behind