Canada and the USA certainly don't have it. The Euro doesn't, which is odd as the currency is so new -- why are the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins so similar?
The Pound Sterling is generally well-designed, with sets of coins in copper-silver-gold materials, and easily distinguishable sequences of shapes and different sizes. The Danish and Swedish coins also work, in the Danish case with a hole to distinguish some denominations.
I wish America would get off its butt about getting rid of the penny. It's such a waste of resources. We don't need it. In fact, Ecuador uses USD as well and they, a country with much lower GDP and prices, don't use our penny. They round up.
> just as annoying as American coins. They are difficult to tell apart immediately.
Penny (1c) is a different color (copper).
Nickel (5c) is fat.
Dime (10c) is small.
Quarter (25c) is large.
Are dollar coins (Susan B. Anthonys) used heavily now?
I agree about the penny. I am pretty sure that Australia no longer has a penny, and rounds up everything to the nearest 5c. (Can any Aussies confirm?)
In Argentina back when coins were worth anything, from 1c to 50c they would grow in size, also would have the value in big clear numbers, and varying colors. The 1 peso coin would be a big smaller in diameter but substantially heavier and different with two colors.
Coins in the US from this “obviously the smallest one is the least valuable” mindset didn’t make sense. Also seems like no one cares about any coin but the quarter for anything other than trading them. Any coin operated machine I’ve seen takes 25c
...have you ever used the coins?
All different sizes and the border of 10 and 50 are similar but the 50 is x2 the size and the 20 is totally different
I don't think anyone would say they are similar
British coins aren't like this. They're all extremely distinct, with big differences in size, colour, weight, and even shape (the 50p and 20p coins aren't circular). It's completely impossible to mistake one coin for another, even at a glance. Maybe I'm biased but I think they're exceptionally well designed. Rule Britannia!
The 20c coin has 7 subtle indents, and is only 1mm larger than the 5c coin. Can you tell the difference when your hands are cold, or if you're wearing gloves? (I understand people lose their sense of touch in old age.)
Meanwhile the 20p and 50p are heptagonal, with a similar 20% size increase.
The 5p and 10p have a 26% size increase. They have milled edges, unlike the 1p and 2p.
I can grab any coin blindly and know exactly which one it is?
Same with the bills and their relative sizes. I still think the EU messed up the bills; they’re super ugly and feel plastic, but for the blind the Euro is insanely well designed.
The copper and gold-coloured Euro coins all look very similar.