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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 307205, member: 8012&quot;]Very interesting and pertinent comment!!!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>IF you are going overseas&nbsp; and I can only talk about Europe, Africa or Asia.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know about South and Central America..</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going there, and you just really want to distribute American money (for whatever reason...) - stick with bills.&nbsp; Overseas, it is very easy to exchange American bills for &quot;real&quot; money.&nbsp; Coins are much more difficult to exchange.&nbsp; In fact, from practical experience, I was never able to exchange coins in Africa - bills were ok, but coins - no.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really want to throw American money around in a foreign place, I would strongly suggest the $2 bill (or any other bill).&nbsp; Then the person can get local money back if they don&#039;t want to become a coin collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t even mention Africa, but I worked for over two years in England as a mid-level IT guy.&nbsp; I know that several of my IT colleagues were living in one-room apartments.&nbsp; And these were IT guys.&nbsp; I don&#039;t even know how much the servers at the local pubs were making....&nbsp; But I know they want MONEY not some smart a** guy giving them a fancy coin as a tip that they can&#039;t use..&nbsp; I guess it&#039;s all a part of the idea that Americans are clueless.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK.&nbsp; So what&#039;s the ramble about?&nbsp; Give the people something they can use and convert easily.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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