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		firefax 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philad... >I'd say screw it, get rid of nickles and dimes as well. Quarters can stay, for now. Let's do it like Japan does, only one type of currency. And that currency will be the penny. One dollar note? No buddy... that's a one hundred cent note now. We may or may not continue to mint one dollar coins (previously one cent coins), but everything will make... cents. (I guess this style of humor is better delivered verbally?)

toast0 38 days ago | [–]

JPY has the benefit that people probably don't try to use floating point numbers for currency. (ignoring the central joke of your comment)

extraduder_ire 38 days ago | [–]

The sen still exists. There's even a few 50 sen coins still floating around.

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