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I suspect that the frequency of CC and even debit card usage in Canada outpaces the US but I have no data to support that; just an observation. I use my credit card most of the time. The only places I regularly use cash: a deli that gives an unadvertised discount for cash use (down the next whole dollar) and the do-it-yourself car wash. Most of the people I dine with pay with plastic. |
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Canada
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I don't mind the 1$ or 2$ coins. I too empty my pocket every night into a jar. for my bar years, once I had enough 2$ coins to pay for the beer and tip, I just gave it back. never got home with more than 10$ in change.
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As for giving change to get bills; my experience is that if you gave a cashier under the age of 35 (and some over), 23.00 on a 17.54 purchase, you'd get back a handful of change including the loonie and toonie you just gave them. Or you could spend 10 minutes explaining basic math.
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Canada
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I wasnt even born when the switch happened, but I would find it nice for a 1 or 2 dollar bill to be in Canadian circulation. Maybe a collectors item.
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Valued Member
Canada
335 Posts |
I still like the Loonie, but most people can agree that the new 1 and 2 coins their color is terrible, when they circulate they turn ugly yellow or brown.
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Canada
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Has anyone ever tried to use a $1.00 or $2.00 Canadian note for your purchase, I have and its like your a criminal most younger people think they are counterfeit and want to call the RCMP and hold you there until they arrive. When they do arrive they get red faced and an education pretty funny
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Canada
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If it is dark enough, and you are brave enough - Canadian Tire Money works just fine!! growing up in Surrey, home of the "byrd pub" and "the dell", you often wished the lights were off... the talent was... let's say... graded below AG3  |
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Canada
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If I become aware that I have accumulated a large quantity of Loonies and Twonies in my pocket, I realize that it's because I have been lazy and handing the clerks a note instead of taking a moment to count out some coins for payment.
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I certainly agree with the observation that 90% of the kids behind the cash registers couldn't give change back (in paper) when you give them a loonie or toonie to get a 5 10, or 20 back. They also can't balance a checkbook, find the decimal equivalent of a fraction, spell, or multiply 2 & 3 digit numbers without something electronic in their hands.
I have given paper $1 & 2's before when out, but I prefer to give out pre-loonie nickel dollars. To a barmaid or cart-girl out on the golf course as tips, you can be sure that you never lack for a fresh tall cool one when you spread some of them around. I have a friend that I get about 200 nickel dollars from every year and go through them as tips at my course, sometimes nickel 50 cents when I run out of dollars. Try it and look at their faces when you give them out.
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Canada
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I like the Loonie but also the $1 voyager dollar (Canada's first loony IMO). It would be cool if the Mint made a Voyager Loonie!
Waitresss friend of mine was excited someone tipped her (only) a 'silver dollar'... I felt bad explaining about post 1967 $1 coins...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1002 Posts |
The original design for the loonie was a voyageur design. The dies were stolen and never recovered and therefore they changed to the loon design. It would be nice if they were to issue a circulation coin one year with the voyageur image.
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Canada
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It would be nice if they were to issue a circulation coin one year with the voyageur image. But, by that logic, one would think nickel dollars would be more popular... they represent the last of the voyageur series... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think after 26 years, Canadians are used to the size and shape of the $1 coin - less heft than the nickel dollar. Seeing a voyageur design on the current loonie would be nostaligic for those of us who remember them and a novelty for those younger Canadians who don't.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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OK, I googly-oogled 'nickel dollar Canada'. Very interesting!  It would be nice to have such Canada specific terms included in the CCF glossary. |
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Canada
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I like tipping servers a nickel dollar from the pre loonie days.....they certainly will remember you....btw, I don't mean tipping them only a dollar, but make it part of the over all tip total. Same with old paper ones and two's....
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