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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2811809, member: 39&quot;]Yes, the circulation coins are circulating here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; However, it is up to the single national governments to decide whether cash totals should or can be rounded up/down (to x.y0 or x.y5 - whatever is closer). In some member states this is done, in others there is no such rounding. Practically that means, here in Germany for example (no rounding) we do use 1 and 2 cent coins. In the neighboring Netherlands they are not used - this rounding is not mandatory but pretty much every store does it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So practically I could use my 1 and 2 ct pieces at a Dutch store, and the cashier would (grudgingly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) accept them. However, if I stayed in NL for a couple of days, or longer, I would not really use those low value coins - no need to. The rounding (in five countries, I think) also means that these national governments - in the euro area, it is the single member states that issue the coins - do not have to mint those coins. Personally I find those two denominations to be a nuisance, but some people seem to believe that doing away with them - along with the decision to phase the €500 note out - is the path to the end of cash. Sigh.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for heads or tails, Kopf oder Zahl, etc., I would not overestimate that. They are just idiomatic expressions, used no matter what is actually depicted on the coins. As long as both parties know which side is what, the term might as well be &quot;foods or drinks&quot;, &quot;man or woman&quot;, you name it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Or think of the nicknames that some denominations have in some countries ...</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the currency name in Japan, blame inflation: The yen used to have sub-units (rin and sen) but those are not used any more. Similarly, the Icelandic krone used to have the sub-unit eyrir (pl. aurar), and had Turkey not introduced the new lira in 2005, you would not have kuruş coins. Many more examples out there. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Would it be more practical to have no such sub-units? I don&#039;t think so - I just see them as a convenient way of expressing small amounts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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