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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3473880, member: 71642&quot;]Ah, I see.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, not much--I mean what can you buy for a cent, nickel, dime, or quarter these days either?&nbsp; Same for the 1 yen through 10 yen.&nbsp; Now, when you get to your 100 yens there is something called the 100 yen store...and there is a 500 yen coin too.&nbsp; The 50, 100, and 500 do have practicality, and IIRC it was only the 1,5, and possibly 10 yen coin that didn&#039;t work in a vending machine.&nbsp; It&#039;s been a few years so the memory is vague.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, just like there is tax on a Dollar Store purchase, there are increments that need to be made under 100 yen.&nbsp; So, change coins needed until such a time as rounding occurs or physical money disappears completely.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Would the US/Japan benefit from losing the cent/yen or nickel/5 yen?&nbsp; People (and governments) don&#039;t seem ready to give those up yet.&nbsp; Now, the fractionals--50 sen and under, 1/2 cent coin certainly made it to obsolete status.&nbsp; So who knows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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