OT: "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of an IBM 5100 using OCR

[ben]

On 6/28/2019 11:59 AM, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote:
> On 06/28/19 13:18, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote (in part):
>> One big problem with dollar coins is cash trays need to be redesigned 
>> for them. Maybe if the US got rid of the penny (like Canada has) there 
>> would be somewhere to put dollar coins in a register and they would be 
>> used more often. 
> 
> Canada also replaced the $1- and $2-bill with coins (26.5mm and 28mm, 
> resp.).
>

I like $1 bills better than coins here in CANADA. The lack of pennies is
real pain, as 3 cents rounds up to 5 cents for cash. but credit/bank 
card is still in cents.
Will trade new $1 coins for old dirty $1 US bills. :)