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I found Danish and Swedish coins to be just as annoying as American coins. They are difficult to tell apart immediately. The Pound and its denominations, I agr

I found Danish and Swedish coins to be just as annoying as American coins. They are difficult to tell apart immediately. The Pound and its denominations, I agree, are the best I've encountered so far in real world use. I wish America would get off its butt about getting rid of the penny. It's such a waste of resources. We don't need it. In fact, Ecuador uses USD as well and they, a country with much lower GDP and prices, don't use our penny. They round up.

throwaway2037 2y ago
> just as annoying as American coins. They are difficult to tell apart immediately. Which American coins are difficult to tell apart immediately? Penny (1c) is a different color (copper). Nickel (5c) is fat. Dime (10c) is small. Quarter (25c) is large. Are dollar coins (Susan B. Anthonys) used heavily now? I agree about the penny. I am pretty sure that Australia no longer has a penny, and rounds up everything to the nearest 5c. (Can any Aussies confirm?)
- culopatin 2y ago
  Only a certain subset of people would think that universally, a coin that looks bigger would be half the value of the smaller one. In Argentina back when coins were worth anything, from 1c to 50c they would grow in size, also would have the value in big clear numbers, and varying colors. The 1 peso coin would be a big smaller in diameter but substantially heavier and different with two colors. Coins in the US from this “obviously the smallest one is the least valuable” mindset didn’t make sense. Also seems like no one cares about any coin but the quarter for anything other than trading them. Any coin operated machine I’ve seen takes 25c