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 Registered Member #378 Joined: Mon Mar 22 2010, 07:19amPosts: 260 | You can read here; http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=59812 . These will be the first Western Samoan coins since 2006. Aidan. | ||
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Deus Ex Machina   Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | I see they are also removing the 1, 2 and 5 sene coins from circulation. I know the UK shrank the sizes of their coins back in the 70s. I wonder how confusing it is to have two different size coins of the same denomination in circulation at the same time. [ Edited Wed Apr 13 2011, 10:58am ] | ||
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| Registered Member #378 Joined: Mon Mar 22 2010, 07:19amPosts: 260 | Nicholas, It was in the 1990's that the British Isles changed the sizes & compositions of their coins. Here in New Zealand,we had both the old & new coins in circulation together for 3 months from July 2006.The withdrawal of the old coins was part of the exercise to pull the 5 Cents out of circulation. I had no problem distinguishing the sizes of both types of coins,considering that the then new coins all have plain edges,unlike the old coins. Fiji still has a 5 Cents in circulation,but I wouldn't be too surprised if that was pulled from circulation after their new issue comes out in June 2012. As for Western Samoa,the 1 & 2 Sene coins were hardly ever seen in circulation in the late 1990's.It is no surprise that they are being pulled from circulation.As to the 5 Sene,the spending power for that coin must have declined so much that it has been decided to discontinue it. Aidan. | ||
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| Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | In the U.S. there has been talk of removing the 1 cent coin since the late 1970s. So far we've managed to resist the removal. With the value of our dollar tanking though, I would not be surprised if it was discontinued in the next 6-7 years. | ||
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| Registered Member #378 Joined: Mon Mar 22 2010, 07:19amPosts: 260 | Nicholas, There has also been a debate in Canada about pulling the 1 Cent coin from circulation. The Canadians have done like what Australia & New Zealand have done - replaced their 1 Dollar & 2 Dollars from notes to coins.From 2012,Canada will begin to have its first polymer plastic notes in circulation. Aidan. | ||
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| Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | I was not aware of polymer banknotes until you mentioned them. I did a quick lookup on wikipedia and see quite a few countries have used them. So does a polymer banknote feel like plastic or paper? | ||
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| Registered Member #378 Joined: Mon Mar 22 2010, 07:19amPosts: 260 | Nicholas, Polymer banknotes are made from a type of plastic. They last a lot longer than the old paper ones did,& anyone who tries to forge them will find their efforts to be a total waste of time. Aidan. | ||
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