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[guanin]

Today I paid for something. In the paying process, I took some loose change out of my bag and stared at it for five full seconds. I figured out instantly that the big coins were 25 cents, but those little thing ones which I've known my entire life are dimes, which is equivalent to 10 cents? Ha! Now way. I didn't know if they were 5 or 10 cents. The thing is, the British 5 pence coin is about the same size and since that's what I go with I didn't know anymore. *head desk* I just handed it to the teller with this dubious look on my face, like, "Is this correct?" Oh god.

Though it's fun to have four different kinds of currency in your bag. I got US dollars, euros, pounds, Mexican pesos... Fun.

Comments

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

So do you want a discussion about dollarization and/or exchange rates, nominal and relative? Because I can provide one. Seriously. I can.

But basically it'll just come down to this. Money is weird.

[drakochi.livejournal.com]

You lost me when you started to talk about "pences"... XD The only kind of money I know is CAN $, but I think US change is similar to the Canadien one. But I don't think that the Americans have Loonies and Toonies (1$ and 2$ coins).

Anyway, I am glad that I have to deal with only one currency.