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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1914189, member: 11668&quot;]I don&#039;t even know where to start....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A quarter is 1/4 of a dollar, not 1/25.&nbsp; Likewise a &quot;20&quot; coin would be 1/5 of a whole, not 1/20.&nbsp; Some of the German states actually used reciprocal denominations way back when (a coin with a big &quot;12&quot; on it was worth 1/12 of some large denomination, rather than 12 of&nbsp; some small denomination) but I don&#039;t think anyone&#039;s used that system in centuries now.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A quarter, dime, and nickel make 40 cents, not 45.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yeah, and they have a *massive* counterfeiting problem as a result.&nbsp; They&#039;re planning to issue a totally redesigned, more secure 1-pound coin in a couple of years to replace all the existing coins.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t sound too cost-effective to me....&nbsp; Switching from bills to coins looked like a good deal in the &#039;80s and &#039;90s, when metals were cheap and bills were wearing out quickly.&nbsp; Now that metals are more expensive and bills last longer (especially in countries that use polymer), almost no country has replaced a bill with a coin since 2000.&nbsp; And it wouldn&#039;t even surprise me to see some of the countries that switched to high-value coins start switching back to (likely polymer) bills at some point....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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