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Mastercard/Visa’s control (thelemmy.club)
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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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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    debit card?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    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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