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I come from France, where we use pennies and live in the Netherlands where we don't. It's always a great deal of fun seeing the family come over and try to han

I come from France, where we use pennies and live in the Netherlands where we don't. It's always a great deal of fun seeing the family come over and try to hand over / or wait for their pennies after doing the groceries; struggling to really understand each other because of the language barrier. There is something very charming about it .

wartijn_ 6y ago
You should be able to pay with 1 and 2 cent coins in The Netherlands. You just won't get them as change and the amount charged will be rounded to the nearest 5 cents in most, but not all, shops. But I wouldn't be surprised if many cashiers don't know they should accept those coins.
- jlengrand 6y ago
  Interesting. I've tried in quite a few places and never got them accepted.
  - wartijn_ 6y ago
    Here is the government website that says so and its translation (with a really long url, but the translation is better than that of Google Translate). Appearantly every shop should have stickers telling customers that they round cash payments. I've never noticed that anywhere. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/geldzaken/vraag-en-antwoord/mogen-winkeliers-betalingen-afronden-op-0-eurocent-of-5-eurocent https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/geldzaken/vraag-en-... https://www.deepl.com/translator#nl/en/%20Mogen%20winkeliers%20betalingen%20afronden%20op%200%20eurocent%20of%205%20eurocent%3F%0A%0AWanneer%20u%20contant%20betaalt%2C%20mogen%20winkeliers%20in%20Nederland%20het%20totaalbedrag%20afronden%20op%200%20eurocent%20of%205%20eurocent.%20Zij%20moeten%20wel%20duidelijk%20aangeven%20met%20raamstickers%20of%20kassastickers%20dat%20ze%20de%20afrondingsregel%20toepassen.%0AAlleen%20afronden%20bij%20contante%20betalingen%0A%0AAfronden%20mag%20alleen%20wanneer%20u%20met%20contant%20geld%20betaalt.%20Met%20betaalmiddelen%20zoals%20een%20pinpas%20of%20een%20creditcard%20betaalt%20u%20het%20exacte%20bedrag.%0ARekenvoorbeeld%20afronden%20betalingen%0A%0AHet%20eindbedrag%20op%20de%20kassabon%20wordt%20bij%20contant%20betalen%20afgerond%20op%200%20cent%20of%205%20cent.%20Zo%20wordt%20%E2%82%AC%2023%2C37%20afgerond%20op%20%E2%82%AC%2023%2C35.%20En%20%E2%82%AC%208%2C89%20wordt%20%E2%82%AC%208%2C90.%0A1%20en%202%20eurocent%20blijven%20wettig%20betaalmiddel%0A%0ADe%20munten%20van%201%20en%202%20eurocent%20blijven%20een%20wettig%20betaalmiddel.%20U%20kunt%20met%20deze%20munten%20afrekenen.%20Heeft%20een%20winkelier%20vooraf%20duidelijk%20gemaakt%20dat%20hij%20afrondt%3F%20Dan%20hoeft%20hij%20geen%20munten%20van%201%20en%202%20eurocent%20wisselgeld%20te%20geven https://www.deepl.com/translator#nl/en/%20Mogen%20winkeliers....
    - jlengrand 6y ago
      Geen vertaling nodig hoor :P. Thanks for the link! I can't say I have seen any of those stickers either. I'll have a more attentive look in the future

wartijn_ 6y ago

You should be able to pay with 1 and 2 cent coins in The Netherlands. You just won't get them as change and the amount charged will be rounded to the nearest 5 cents in most, but not all, shops. But I wouldn't be surprised if many cashiers don't know they should accept those coins.

jlengrand 6y ago
Interesting. I've tried in quite a few places and never got them accepted.
- wartijn_ 6y ago
  Here is the government website that says so and its translation (with a really long url, but the translation is better than that of Google Translate). Appearantly every shop should have stickers telling customers that they round cash payments. I've never noticed that anywhere. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/geldzaken/vraag-en-antwoord/mogen-winkeliers-betalingen-afronden-op-0-eurocent-of-5-eurocent https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/geldzaken/vraag-en-... https://www.deepl.com/translator#nl/en/%20Mogen%20winkeliers%20betalingen%20afronden%20op%200%20eurocent%20of%205%20eurocent%3F%0A%0AWanneer%20u%20contant%20betaalt%2C%20mogen%20winkeliers%20in%20Nederland%20het%20totaalbedrag%20afronden%20op%200%20eurocent%20of%205%20eurocent.%20Zij%20moeten%20wel%20duidelijk%20aangeven%20met%20raamstickers%20of%20kassastickers%20dat%20ze%20de%20afrondingsregel%20toepassen.%0AAlleen%20afronden%20bij%20contante%20betalingen%0A%0AAfronden%20mag%20alleen%20wanneer%20u%20met%20contant%20geld%20betaalt.%20Met%20betaalmiddelen%20zoals%20een%20pinpas%20of%20een%20creditcard%20betaalt%20u%20het%20exacte%20bedrag.%0ARekenvoorbeeld%20afronden%20betalingen%0A%0AHet%20eindbedrag%20op%20de%20kassabon%20wordt%20bij%20contant%20betalen%20afgerond%20op%200%20cent%20of%205%20cent.%20Zo%20wordt%20%E2%82%AC%2023%2C37%20afgerond%20op%20%E2%82%AC%2023%2C35.%20En%20%E2%82%AC%208%2C89%20wordt%20%E2%82%AC%208%2C90.%0A1%20en%202%20eurocent%20blijven%20wettig%20betaalmiddel%0A%0ADe%20munten%20van%201%20en%202%20eurocent%20blijven%20een%20wettig%20betaalmiddel.%20U%20kunt%20met%20deze%20munten%20afrekenen.%20Heeft%20een%20winkelier%20vooraf%20duidelijk%20gemaakt%20dat%20hij%20afrondt%3F%20Dan%20hoeft%20hij%20geen%20munten%20van%201%20en%202%20eurocent%20wisselgeld%20te%20geven https://www.deepl.com/translator#nl/en/%20Mogen%20winkeliers....
  - jlengrand 6y ago
    Geen vertaling nodig hoor :P. Thanks for the link! I can't say I have seen any of those stickers either. I'll have a more attentive look in the future