10 years ago, when I visited Australia, their currency was similar in value to the US (I think an aussie dollar was worth roughly 65 cents US), and they had no

10 years ago, when I visited Australia, their currency was similar in value to the US (I think an aussie dollar was worth roughly 65 cents US), and they had no pennies OR nickles. It started at 10 cents. They also had 1 and 2 dollar coins. The best part was that the change in your pocket was worth enough to actually allow you to buy things with it. Not like we have now, where people only use it to avoid getting more change back.