Today's Actual Trivia Quiz!

12 years ago

Ok, here's today's question.....

Which nation in Feb 2013 effectively withdrew the penny (1 cent) coin from coinage and cash transactions, encouraging rounding to the nearest nickel?

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rob333 (zone 7b)
12 years ago
Canada
dees_1
12 years ago
Japan. Not cents but yen. I believe they eliminated the 1 yen coin. But the underlying concept is the same.
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joyfulguy
12 years ago
Canada.

If the price is $1.47 ... it's "rounded down" to $1.45, and if it's $1.48, "rounded" to $1.50 in most stores ... but a few generously "round it down" to $1.45, also.

Thus our pennies have become an endangered species ...

... but I'll bet that they'll buy you $0.01's worth of stuff in the U.S. (if the purveyor of the goods doesn't notice, in some stores).

ole joyful ... who's becoming so forgetful that he'd offer a penny for quite a few of your thoughts/ memories - well, until he runs out.

Five thoughts for a nickel ... or would that be only four thoughts, what with inflation being what it is?

o j
blfenton
12 years ago
Canada.

My little great-nephews will never understand the sentiment "Penny for your thoughts"
Georgysmom
12 years ago
CanadaÃ¢ÂÂ¦..I'm sorry I didn't get here first. LOL
joyfulguy
12 years ago
Hi Georgy's ma,

Fourth best'll do ... in a pinch.

Is it a penny ... or a nickel ... that folks get a reputation for pinching: a penny, I'm pretty sure.

So - looks like there goes another folk saying ... down the drain.

o j
joyfulguy
12 years ago
Drat!

A thread-killer, again, apparently!

o j

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