Ireland to get rid of 1c and2c coins

Irish Independent

Only a matter of time before this happens all over the eurozone. It costs more to mint them than they are worth. Probably happen in the UK as well with pennies.

So what the Monster Raving Loony party gonna do with their 99p coin now then...

We got rid of our 1/2p coin years ago. Did they round everything down to the nearest penny? Did they feck, they rounded it up!

I remember decimalization, everything seemed real cheap, then it crept up to double

I have a flower pot full in Tenerife, there is a 'Trevi Fountain' in reception at Green Park so the next time they upset me..........

i give em to the church each time i light a candle ...

blimy the crap people write ....

1. you cant get rid of any euro coins AS THEY ARE ISSUED BY THE ECB 
the irish ones might (and i suspect they are made by de-la-rue in newcastle) be made in ireland
but they have no say on how many they make ..
2. everyone is going to agree to this rounded cash transactions to the nearest five cent at the cash register
3. the trial, which ran from September 16 to November 17, 2013 - that long and that long ago 
4.  Sweden, Denmark and Hungary, aint in the EURO ???
5.t hen there is this classic bit from the DAILY REICH ...
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2145882/How-tell-euro-note-comes--German-doesnt-beat-Greek.html




4 . any one can bring in 1c or 2c from as far away as south america .

Perfectspecimen wrote:I have a flower pot full in Tenerife, there is a 'Trevi Fountain' in reception at Green Park so the next time they upset me..........

When I lived out Tenerife I had a dish full of the things as well, then one day when in the bank I noticed the person in front of me handing over clear pLastic tubes which held exactly a euro in either 1c or 2c pieces, the teller in return handed the person back notes to the exact value of the coins, plus a quantity of empty plastic tubes... When getting served I asked the teller could anybody get the plastic tubes or was it a business thing, anybody could do it, so after that each time I visited the bank for whatever reason I handed over my plastic tubes full of coins, didn't get a fortune back each time, but enough for a few beers,,, better than them being at the bottom of a fountain...

Example:-

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/euro-coin-tray-plastic-coin-wrappers_1974991308.html

Minimum order 5,000 pieces!

Cam down Cam, the bank buys them and gives you them free...

Adam Mint wrote:Cam down Cam, the bank buys them and gives you them free...

Oh!

Banks give free..............

Feckin' British banks don't! They give you tiny wee plastic bags you put coins into to a specified amount and it doesn't matter a jot if you've re-counted it 4 times, they look at you as though you were the world's biggest fraudster!

The Irish banks charge for those bags!

They also charge if you lodge coins into a business a/c but not a personal one?? AND, my bank will only take coin lodgements on a Tue morning or a Friday. AND, they only accept full bags with the correct amount. Then, after you fill your prepaid bag with the required amount of coins, they then go and sell those bags to the business customers who already paid to lodge coins the previous week!

The little plastic tube/tray things are great cos they only hold the exact amount of coins so no need to sit counting them, bank just weighs them when you go in...

They're supposed to weigh the wee plastic bags too, but they still tut and shake their heads at you as if you were conning them! Bassas!

Got to say didn't seem to bother them in Tenerife, as said I allways done it when I was at the counter for some other reason, just handed over the tubes, they weigh them and handed back notes, no paperwork, took seconds...

I have seen a machine in asda, you just pour coins in a chute, machine counts it then gives you a voucher for use at check-out when paying for your shopping. 

There is one of those in my local supermarket as well. They charge 9% commission.

Morrisons have one, i give Lexie them and she spends the tokens WTF

Yip they charge, plus have a default setting to give the money to a charity, you got to select to get your money less the percentage they take...