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Canada has the same coin denominations as the US, except that it has now eliminated the penny.
by deanmen 9y ago
Canada has the same coin denominations as the US, except that it has now eliminated the penny.
- rspeer 9y agoThe article already accounts for a difference between Canadian and US currency -- the US has no $2 coins and nearly nonexistent $1 coins, and the smallest bill in Canadian currency is $5. They suggest "optimizing" Canadian change with an 83-cent piece... which of course makes no sense once the penny is eliminated, so now there must be a different optimal coin.
- uiri 9y agoThe author could easily base calculations off of cost(100; 1, 2, 5, 20, 40) and multiply the result by 5 to find the new optimal coin. This avoids unduly weighting values which are impossible without a penny which is what cost(500; 5, 10, 25, 100, 200) would do.
- dharness 9y ago*Also we have loonies and toonies