Hey Bm0ney

Hi,

I just had a few questions for you, if you don't mind.

0. When did you Canadians first switch to the 4-bill, 8-coin slot cash register tills? Was it after the introduction of the loonie? Or the introduction of the toonie?

1. Do most/all stores in Canada now have the 4-bill, 8-coin slot tills?

I'm just wondering, because, if the U.S. ever gets rid of our $1 bills, I want to encourage a U.S. $2 coin and wider circulation of the U.S. half, by using them if I bacome a cashier some day, and I do many times, have access to U.S. halves as opposed to you not having much (any?) access to Canadian halves. I just want to see us Americans go to the same set up as you Canadians have, as far as your cash register set up goes.

Thanks for any information you might have.

P.S. I believe at one time they were proposing a Canadian $200 bill to replace their $1,000 bill that they phased out in (I think) the 1990s, but many merchants complained that, "what if they get a counterfeit $200 bill as opposed to a counterfeit $100 bill, which would be double the loss to the store" And as I said, a Canadian $5 coin, but people complained about carrying too many coins already, so the Canadian government backed down on these two ideas. Do you think we have heard the last of those issues? I wish Canada would have done the $200 bill, as maybe the U.S. might have followed through and done the same.


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