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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stevearino, post: 7849953, member: 74571&quot;]The Norwegians are far ahead of the USA in getting rid of needless small denominated coins.&nbsp; When I worked and studied in Norway in 1969 coins in circulation were: 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 øre and 1 and 5 kroner. A 10 kroner commemorative for circulation had been issued in 1964.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today?&nbsp; The smallest is 1 krone.&nbsp; All the øre coins have been demonetized.&nbsp; Kudos to them.&nbsp; Has it stopped the interest in collecting obsolete coins?&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t appear so.</p><p><br /></p><p>And to address the concerns of several in this discussion about being fleeced because of &quot;rounding up&quot; I find this a specious argument at best.&nbsp; Items are still priced, e.g. as 9.90 kroner or 5.50 kroner.&nbsp; But when a grocery cart full of items is paid for the rounding up is virtually meaningless.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean think about it folks: who is going to go to the grocery store to buy ONE item at a time, over and over.&nbsp; Norway has also become almost cashless.&nbsp; I was at a train station a few years ago and REALLY needed to use the restroom.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have a 10 kroner coin on me (about $1.50 at that time).&nbsp; I went to a kiosk and explained my predicament to a clerk. She said I could use my credit card.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sure enough, that capability was right there on the bathroom door.</p><p><br /></p><p>Commerce in Norway has not been hampered by getting rid of ridiculously small denominated coins.&nbsp; And the public has not been fleeced by &quot;rounding up.&quot;&nbsp; <b>I&#039;ve never heard ONE Norwegian citizen complain about either of these two concerns.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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