tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311425.post5032601987268627352..comments2024-03-27T00:13:35.570-07:00Comments on Editorials from Theslowlane: Canadian dollars may be worth more, but our dollars might be prettierTheslowlane Robert Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10082164332880198884noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311425.post-47532357057850887212011-08-15T21:53:25.033-07:002011-08-15T21:53:25.033-07:00The Canadian dollar coin initially had opposition ...The Canadian dollar coin initially had opposition to it. I remember a short time after it was introduced, a clerk apologized to me for not having any dollar bills to give me for change. I said I didn't care and that dollar coins were okay. She looked at me like I was a freak or something.<br />In any case, they just took the dollar bill out of circulation and after a few years the coins were the only type of dollar available.<br />Later on when they came out with the two dollar coin there wasn't much opposition at all because we had realized that the dollar coin wasn't so bad after all.<br />There is sometimes talk of a five dollar coin but I think it'll be awhile. It was costing the Canadian Mint a lot of money to keep replacing dollar bills when they wore out. The coin last longer. There's even talk of discontinuing the penny and just have all prices rounded off to the nearest five cents.Clark in Vancouver, BCnoreply@blogger.com