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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;I Like Trees, post: 287222, member: 10463&quot;]<b>Interessantes</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2">It is interesting that you say that, because where I am, I would say that the exact opposite happens.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2">I live in the States, close to Canada. (445 kilometers) I know this is a long distance by European standards, but North America is bafflingly large. The Canadian $0,01; $0,05; $0,10; and $0,25 coins are extremely similar to the corresponding US$ denomination. Each pair is identical in color, diameter, </font></font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2">thickness</font></font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2">, and shape (except for a brief period from 1982-1986, when the CA$0,01 was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecagon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecagon" rel="nofollow">dodecagonal</a>.)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2"></font></font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="2">Where I live, I would say between 1:100 &amp; 1:200&nbsp; cent pieces are Canadian, including dodecagonal ones. I almost never see Canadian&nbsp; 5 cent or 10 cent pieces, I would say 1:50.000</font></font></font><font face="Verdana"> for both. With quarter dollars, I would say 1:5.000.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">It is somewhat of an inverted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution" rel="nofollow">bell curve</a>. I think the fact that there are more </font>¼<font face="Verdana"> coins than other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_metal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_metal" rel="nofollow">white-metal</a> coins is for the reason you stated. Large denomination coins travel more than others. (US$1 coins are seldom used<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and US$2 coins do not exist.)</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">I&#039;m sure you know all, or most, of what I have said. I don&#039;t mean to insult your intelligence.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"></font><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana">~</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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