Americans gripe that Canadian money looked like “Monopoly money” and now Canadians are on record that plastic bills like the kind Australia uses, look like “Monopoly money”. Is currency snootiness universal?
The Bank of Canada is looking at changing Canada’s paper currency to flimsy plastic bills instead. They’ll last longer, and still work even if accidentally dried with clothes. They are also harder to counterfeit, for the time being. I’ve seen Australian money, and I welcome the change. I’d also welcome them dropping our penny from circulation. We’d teach Canadians how to round up, and that inflation has made the penny pretty much valueless unless you’re dealing with dozens of them at a time.
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