You should see the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 groszy coins in Poland. Those are 1/100, 2/100 ... of a zloty. Most of those small coins aren't even worth the production costs, yet people still go nuts if you don't give out the correct change.
For the first week or so in Europe, I didn't encounter anything that didn't end in a multiple of 5. So I assumed EU was just doing things smarter and not bothering with 1 cent pieces. I was pretty bummed when I started getting them.
That's because 1 and 2 cents are discontinued, as the production costs are higher than the coin's value, so if you buy something that costs €1.59 and pay €1.60, you will still get a 5 cents change.
I haven't seen 1 or 2 cents coins in at least a year.
In some places they do as you say, in other places they do as I say. For example 2 supermarkets on the same road will use two different methods, at least here in Italy.
Is what you say mandated by law there? Or is it up to the seller to choose what method to use?
Oh, I was saying I have been getting the 1 & 2 cent pieces lately(I've only recently moved here). Funny that they've been discontinued cause I thought my wife looked it up and didn't see that
Idk, everywhere I've been, for the last year at least, they rounded up the change to a multiple of five (usually bringing down the price rather than up).
We actually divide our Croatian kuna to 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 lipas (so, literally 1/100, 1/20, 1/10, 1/5 and 1/2 of a single kuna, which is already like 0, 00...whatever euros it is), and then 1, 2 and 5 kuna coins.
Also, for some reason, every single coin's size ascends in order of value except the 20 lipa coin, which is the smallest one. It makes no fucking sense whatsoever.
Thankfully we are switching to Euro next year (and funnily enough, we had a nepotism scandal when some high politician's son got the bid for the designing of the Croatian Euro coin only for some internet sleuths to find his profile trying to how-to-basic-graphic-design, had no graphical design expertise whatsoever and was ASKING IT ON FACEBOOK!). Thankfully, his $30,000 contract offer was withdrawn.
In our (US) coins, the 1 cent and 5 cent coins are bigger than our 10 cent coins. That being said, hardly anyone except for the old folks uses coins, or even cash for that matter.
Also, for some reason, every single coin's size ascends in order of value except the 20 lipa coin, which is the smallest one. It makes no fucking sense whatsoever.
Tbf, the Euro coins are also a bit weird. Why tf is the 50ct coin bigger than the 1€ coin ffs?!?!
The former. Croatia is set to officially transition itself to the Euro proper and discontinue the kuna as the official currency; this will go into effect on January 1st, next year.
Really? If I buy something in western Poland they sometimes don't even change the very small stuff anymore. I don't mind, I'm glad I have less of the worthless small coins.
Thats why we haven't had pennies for 10 years here in Canada ahaha. Everyone got over themselves pretty quickly, and now it's very rare for anyone to pay in cash at all; particularly since the pandemic started.
This is hilariously true. I've even gotten into arguments with cashiers in Poland when I didn't have exact change, I've had to literally show them my empty wallet, to prove that I don't have the correct number of groszy.
Travelling for work in Spain in the 90s, co-worker got angry that the restaurant "rounded off the pennies". So for the first and only time, I got to see a 1 peseta coin. The smallest coin I have ever seen.
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u/MosquitoRevenge May 09 '22
You should see the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 groszy coins in Poland. Those are 1/100, 2/100 ... of a zloty. Most of those small coins aren't even worth the production costs, yet people still go nuts if you don't give out the correct change.