On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 10:57:09PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > That's almost funny. Around here, Canadian coins (quaters, dimes, > nickels, pennies) are treated as equal to US coins by people and > cashiers. (vending machines won't take Canadian, though) I can't > speak for the local banks since I almost never exchange coin with > them.
I think it depends. Portland's over 300 miles from the border, the smallest Canadian denomination most places will accept is a $5, and probably soon a $10 as soon as Canada phases out the $5 bill. Canadian coinage is considered Monopoly Money since the prices banks charge to deal with it is more than the value of the coin. That being said, though, there's a currency exchange on every corner anyway, wich will handle small amounts of Canadian coin at a reasonable price. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system
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