Re: OT: "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of an IBM 5100 using OCR

[Alan Perry via cctalk]

> On Jun 28, 2019, at 10:59, Nemo Nusquam <cym...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 06/28/19 13:18, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote (in part):
>> One big problem with dollar coins is cash trays need to be redesigned for 
>> them. Maybe if the US got rid of the penny (like Canada has) there would be 
>> somewhere to put dollar coins in a register and they would be used more 
>> often. 
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> Canada also replaced the $1- and $2-bill with coins (26.5mm and 28mm, resp.).

Oh, I know. I was questioned by the RCMP for spending a $2 bill that was in my 
leftover Canadian cash from a previous trip years before.

alan

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