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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1527125, member: 39"]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. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Christian[/QUOTE]