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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by p1mrx on Monday October 05, 2020 @07:59PM (#24693447)
Because it lets you round prices to 10 cents (drop a digit), rather than 5.
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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by lccarrasco on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:12PM (#24693855)
Technically you'd have to round to 20 cents, since you can't get 10, 30, 50 etc. cents from 20s.
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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by p1mrx on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @03:19AM (#24695417)
We already have 10 cent coins.

The common pattern is 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, ...

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