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One thing about these free washrooms is that they're hard to find, they're often dirty, and a lot of them have restrictive opening hours. Frankly paying a smal

One thing about these free washrooms is that they're hard to find, they're often dirty, and a lot of them have restrictive opening hours. Frankly paying a small sum for use, and finding reliable, clean facilities might be a good tradeoff. As for coins being useful for parking, around here (Canada) we've already moved beyond the pay-and-display machines (which don't even accept cash) to - horrors - a sign with a QR code. Nothing worse than wanting to do a quick 15 minute stop to show visitors something, scanning the QR code and being greeted with an account signup page that demands a ton of information. But cash? Hardly used at all any more. The only US$2 bill I've ever encountered - and of course I kept it as a souvenir - was in the change for a $5 in Tanzania, of all places. The Plattsburgh ferry used to give either 50 cent or $1 coins in change for $10 - this dates me! The pre-loonie Canadian $1 coins obviously never gained any collector value. I got a sheet of a whole bunch of different years at a garage sale for face value!

zeroonetwothree 3y ago
You'll get paid bathrooms but they will be just as dirty lol.
hakfoo 3y ago
> The pre-loonie Canadian $1 coins obviously never gained any collector value. I got a sheet of a whole bunch of different years at a garage sale for face value! I'll do you one better: I like the classic Voyageur design, so when I visited Toronto this summer I figured I'd pop into a coin dealer and get an album and start building a set. I asked about the post-1968 nickel ones, and he said he had a big bucket I could go through. How much? "50 cents each." "You mean $1.50, right?" Nope. They were worth less than face value for him because he had to go through the hassle of trading them in. Went away with 20 of them, and some higher margin items to make up for it.

zeroonetwothree 3y ago

You'll get paid bathrooms but they will be just as dirty lol.

hakfoo 3y ago

> The pre-loonie Canadian $1 coins obviously never gained any collector value. I got a sheet of a whole bunch of different years at a garage sale for face value! I'll do you one better: I like the classic Voyageur design, so when I visited Toronto this summer I figured I'd pop into a coin dealer and get an album and start building a set. I asked about the post-1968 nickel ones, and he said he had a big bucket I could go through. How much? "50 cents each." "You mean $1.50, right?" Nope. They were worth less than face value for him because he had to go through the hassle of trading them in. Went away with 20 of them, and some higher margin items to make up for it.