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[–] 48 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Recently visited a country where cash is very much preferred and it was such a breath of fresh air. I thought it would be annoying to have to keep up with the spare change and what not but it was fine and actually felt pretty good. I've since started using cash a lot more at home.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I recently had a trip to Japan and had more mixed opinions about it. Mainly because they have a large variety of coins and oh boy do you end up with a lot of them.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Coinage is the single reason why I'm tipped over the edge to prefer card. I HATE dealing with change.

    I wish there was a card that was closer to cash where the money is stored on the physical card not offsite but that seems like a nightmare in itself... Idk

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    That's what I mean when I say card generally. Doesn't really help using debit instead of credit. If anything it's worse because if you get your money stolen you bank doesn't give a damn, whereas they will send a swat team if you use a credit card.

    But both identify you just the same afaik...

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    oh boy do you end up with a lot of them.

    You just need more practice with the Japan Coin Simulator ;)
    https://wendal.itch.io/japanese-money-simulator

    Theoretically the most coins you should ever have is 15:

    4x 1 yen
    1x 5 yen
    4x 10 yen
    1x 50 yen
    4x 100 yen
    1x 500 yen

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Is 15 supposed to be not a lot?

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    It kind of is, but I love the 500 yen coin anyway. It's the 2nd most valuable common coin in the world (I think) after the 5 Swiss franc, (or at least it is for now as the yen continues to tank, currently worth about $3 USD whereas 10 years ago it was $4 and 15 years ago was over $6). It makes your change jar actually worth decent money (imagine if filling up a 2 liter bottle was worth a couple thousand bucks instead of a few hundred) and it's kinda fun to have a small change pouch in your pocket worth more than a hundred bucks.

    Plus it's gold colored so you can collect a pile and feel like a pirate

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    On the flip side they also have the very low value 1 yen coin which feels like a cheap board game coin when you have it in your hand

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Having visited Greece (well, Corfu) a number of times, and as much as I love the place and the people, the primary reason they prefer cash is because they're not big fans of paying taxes.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Didn't they go through a whole thing where other countries were imposing shit on them to force repayments of national debt? Maybe understandable then that tax evasion is popular if a lot of what is paid in taxes isn't going towards improvements to your own country.

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