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<p>[QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 1296805, member: 22476"]Are you sure about the $2 bill? I heard that the Canadian $1 bill was eliminated in 1989, but the Canadian $2 bill was eliminat4ed in 1995 or 1996.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wish this would happen in the U.S.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Candian $2 coin is what is called a "bimetallic" coin, I'm guessing, meaning two parts and with two different metals.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds like major savings to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course. Thats the whole issue. :smile</p><p><br /></p><p>Say, since you are in Canada, I know there has been talk of a Canadian $5 coin for quite some time, but the Canadian general public oposes that move because they would have to carry too many coins. Do you know the status on that idea? And do you support it? Some people here in the U.S. say "Skip the $2 coin and go right to a $5 coin" Now, while I support a $5 coin, I would opose getting rid of the $2 denomination. I would rather be able to carry $9 in a $5 coin and two $2 coins, or $8 in one $5 coin, one $2 coin and one $1 coin. The proposal in Canada for the $5 coin, as I said, was a bimetallic golden ring around a silver center.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was also the idea proposed in Canada a few years back, to introduce a Canadian $200 bill to replace their $1,000 bill that they eliminated some time in the late 1990s I believe (supposedly to combat crime, just like some U.S. people claim about the U.S. $500 and up), but so many Canadian retailers oposed it, that the Canadian government scrapped the idea. Supposedly, those retailers did not want to risk getting a counterfeit $200 bill and being out $200 instead of $100 if someone spent two $100 bills and only one bill was counterfeit. Do you, or would you support that idea if it came up again?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 1296805, member: 22476"]Are you sure about the $2 bill? I heard that the Canadian $1 bill was eliminated in 1989, but the Canadian $2 bill was eliminat4ed in 1995 or 1996. I wish this would happen in the U.S. The Candian $2 coin is what is called a "bimetallic" coin, I'm guessing, meaning two parts and with two different metals. Sounds like major savings to me. Of course. Thats the whole issue. :smile Say, since you are in Canada, I know there has been talk of a Canadian $5 coin for quite some time, but the Canadian general public oposes that move because they would have to carry too many coins. Do you know the status on that idea? And do you support it? Some people here in the U.S. say "Skip the $2 coin and go right to a $5 coin" Now, while I support a $5 coin, I would opose getting rid of the $2 denomination. I would rather be able to carry $9 in a $5 coin and two $2 coins, or $8 in one $5 coin, one $2 coin and one $1 coin. The proposal in Canada for the $5 coin, as I said, was a bimetallic golden ring around a silver center. There was also the idea proposed in Canada a few years back, to introduce a Canadian $200 bill to replace their $1,000 bill that they eliminated some time in the late 1990s I believe (supposedly to combat crime, just like some U.S. people claim about the U.S. $500 and up), but so many Canadian retailers oposed it, that the Canadian government scrapped the idea. Supposedly, those retailers did not want to risk getting a counterfeit $200 bill and being out $200 instead of $100 if someone spent two $100 bills and only one bill was counterfeit. Do you, or would you support that idea if it came up again?[/QUOTE]
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