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Coins are far more durable and usually easier for machines to properly sense. If you're using vending machines to buy drinks it's nice just dropping a coin or t

Coins are far more durable and usually easier for machines to properly sense. If you're using vending machines to buy drinks it's nice just dropping a coin or two into a machine and getting a beverage. Notes can get worn and fail to read properly by machines taking bills in the field. When you need like 5 of the most widely circulated coins for a single drink it gets annoying though. I miss seeing machines that would bend a 12oz can of soda for 25¢. Those were the days. I sometimes go to coin-op car washes, it sucks having to punch a fist full of quarters into the machine for a quick wash.

Freak_NL 3mo ago
> I miss seeing machines that would bend a 12oz can of soda for 25¢. Those were the days. A bending machine?
- vel0city 3mo ago
  Oops, what a funny autocorrect. A vending machine.
timpera 3mo ago
Bills are imo way easier to manage and carry, especially when you don't have a wallet, which is why I prefer the US system, but I agree that durability is the main issue.
crote 3mo ago
Coins don't fold, though. Carrying a few bills around in a money clip is trivial, coins quickly devolve into carrying a giant pile of loose change with near-zero value. The main reason I don't use more cash is that it is so inconvenient. I don't want any coins back as change, and always telling cashiers to keep the change when the smallest bill is €5 is just too much for me.
- vel0city 3mo ago
  > coins quickly devolve into carrying a giant pile of loose change with near-zero value. Which is why it'd be better if they weren't all nearly zero value in today's money. Coins of tiny value really suck, I agree. What am I going to do with nickels and dimes, really? So useless. I also agree bills made from that plastic material seem to hold up better and scan better by machines than the "paper" used in USD, so that's less of a concern.

Freak_NL 3mo ago

> I miss seeing machines that would bend a 12oz can of soda for 25¢. Those were the days. A bending machine?

vel0city 3mo ago
Oops, what a funny autocorrect. A vending machine.

timpera 3mo ago

Bills are imo way easier to manage and carry, especially when you don't have a wallet, which is why I prefer the US system, but I agree that durability is the main issue.

crote 3mo ago

Coins don't fold, though. Carrying a few bills around in a money clip is trivial, coins quickly devolve into carrying a giant pile of loose change with near-zero value. The main reason I don't use more cash is that it is so inconvenient. I don't want any coins back as change, and always telling cashiers to keep the change when the smallest bill is €5 is just too much for me.

vel0city 3mo ago
> coins quickly devolve into carrying a giant pile of loose change with near-zero value. Which is why it'd be better if they weren't all nearly zero value in today's money. Coins of tiny value really suck, I agree. What am I going to do with nickels and dimes, really? So useless. I also agree bills made from that plastic material seem to hold up better and scan better by machines than the "paper" used in USD, so that's less of a concern.