parity, baby

[isomorphisms]

A few years ago, when I was in the US, a cashier brusquely informed me that "[they] don't take Canadian pennies." WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?

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[telso]

Americans, who can now pass off their worthless pennies in Canada, cheating our inattentive cashiers out of possibly as much as tens of cents.

On a much more serious note, maybe this is good impetus for us to get rid of the penny, which should solve this problem for good.

[isomorphisms]

Getting rid of the penny would totally screw up that stats lab that involves analyzing years of pennies. Hence, I disapprove.

[telso]

If Where's Willy? can work with currency units as small as $5, I'm sure the penny pinchers can move up to nickels.

[clipdude]

Well, £1 is currently worth $1.52, but I doubt they would (intentionally) take British pennies either.

[easwaran]

The AUD is still at .92 USD - maybe it will rise more before I finally close my bank account there. I believe it reached .98 USD briefly last August (when the CAD was way above the USD).

Also, hopefully this lasts, because it may help with the trade deficit we have down here.

[mynatt]

me -- today i received my last paycheque (err, paycheck) from my old US job, just in time.

[isomorphisms]

I started working at Mathcamp in 2000, when the Canadian dollar was 62c US. I effectively ended up taking a pay cut every year, even as my salary stayed the same. (Eventually I opened a US account.)

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[anonymous]

Thank you for great work.