Is it a Rupee or 10 Rupees? No one in Idia seems to know and its nobodies fault

Sure so would
.01, .05, .1, .25, .50, and 1

or

1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100

I just used the denominations as they currently exist.

one cent, five cent, one dime, quarter dollar. Half dollar, and one dollar. You want numbers use the numbers that are on them.

And archaic? The denomination has been one dime since 1837, you want to change the denomination too? Same goes for the quarter dollar, that has been the denomination since 1838. The half dollar hasn't been 50 C since 1837.

 

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Since we have walked away from the original subject anyway (remember the rupee?), let me add that, the first time I visited the US, I found the coins to be somewhat confusing too. Mostly because of one denomination though - the dime.

Sure, I prefer digits when it comes to indicating a face value. OK, you don't do that (and don't even think of mentioning the $1 piece in the context of circulation coins, hehe). But in everyday life you have four denominations (.01, .05, .10 and .25); no reason to keep six or eight different ones apart. So "one" is 1, "five" is 5, and even the "quarter" can be fairly easily learned. But that thing that is smaller and thinner than a 5c coin and says "one dime" ...

Yes, I now know why, from a historical point of view, the size makes (well, made) sense, and that the word "dime" is not some fancy recent creation. Still, I think that this is the "oddest" denomination for visitors.

Christian