I have $10 in a roll of quarters in my car for parking meters, vending machines etc. It has been in the car since 2006 and I have yet to use it. The roll is still unopened.

I visit a country in Eastern Europe once a year. They do not have any coins at all in their currency---just bills. I have a feeling we are headed in the same direction.

We recently had a cell phone tower hit by a car.It knocked out every thing.It affected cable service also.Most internet in my area is digital cable.ATM's were down also.The only places able to use credit or debit cards had a dish modem.CASH IS KING....

BOATMAN
John

May I ask what country that is, does that country have Euro as currency?
Myself, living in a European country (Finland) that has the Euro as currency, find that hard to believe. We have a lot of use for coins for smaller purchases.
For example a small coke is about 2 euros, icecream cone 3 euros and so on.
The smallest bill is 5 Euro wich equals about 6.7 US dollars.

Belarus: the Belarussian ruble exchanges at over 10,000 to the dollar. Lower denomination bills are like small change. Prices for things, while lower than what you quoted, are not so different. So any coins for fractional rubles would be almost worthless. A U.S. penny (1/100 of a dollar) is about 100 rubles, (actually slightly more). It is disconcerting to see all the zeros on prices quoted in local rubles.

Ok, thanks. That explains it.