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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

Should just have dimes.

$1.1 $1.2 $1.3

There's no reason to break our currency into thousandths. Hardly a reason to break it into hundredths.

Could keep quarters to keep hundredths

Transactions already need a nickel to do 5 cents. So requiring a quarter to do 5 cents isn't crazy.

Say you have to pay $1.05

Dollar and 3 dimes, quarter in change.

$1.15

Dollar and a quarter, dime in change.

But I think just dimes are needed

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Just dimes would probably work logically, but it would feel too weird. If you're going just dimes, you probably just want to go all in and say no coins.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    50 cent piece would be the way to go. Should then also really push $1 coins, and add in a $2 and $5 coin, although I don't know if Americans would realistically use them. Coins are much more durable than paper currency though, which would save a lot of money long term

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I mean the dollar coin never caught on. I know we still printed the dollar bill, so maybe you could force it by halting the dollar bill. But overall I don't think new coins are the answer.

    Based on one source, Cash is only ~20% of transactions. Maybe it will always be 20% or maybe it will be smaller and smaller as time goes on.

    I think you're better off eliminating current coins.

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