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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sakata, post: 2732450, member: 23778&quot;]Most countries have gone the common sense way and eliminated lower denomination coins.&nbsp; A few days ago I happened to be looking at some Spanish coins I have so let&#039;s take that as an example. Looking at the entire 20th century and&nbsp; considering only circulating coinage the lowest denominations minted (base and silver) and highest are:</p><p><br /></p><p>1900s: 1 centimo bronze; 50 centimos silver: 20 pestas gold</p><p>1910s: 1 centimo bronze; 50 centimos silver: 50 centimos</p><p>1920s: 25 centimos copper-nickel; 50 centimos silver: 50 centimos</p><p>1930s: 5 centimos iron; 1 peseta silver: peseta</p><p>1940s: 5 centimos aluminum; no silver: 5 pesetas</p><p>1950s: 5 centimos aluminum; no silver: 50 pesetas</p><p>1960s: 50 centimos copper-nickel; 100 pesetas silver: 100 pesetas</p><p>1970s: 50 centimos copper-nickel; no silver: 100 pesetas</p><p>1980s: 50 centimos aluminum; no silver: 500 pesetas </p><p>1990s: peseta aluminum; no silver; 500 peseta</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just one European country but is not atypical.&nbsp; After that, of course, they became part of the Euro.&nbsp;&nbsp; But notice how different that is from the USA.&nbsp; Our lowest coin has remained the same throughout but our highest has dropped from a dollar to a quarter![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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