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Lloyd Gilbert 
> 
> Here in the UK we have: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins.
> 

The people of the US still rebel against the $1 coin. I think people who
have travelled to other countries and used "dollar coin equivalents" get
it. It doesn't help that Canadian 1 and 2 dollar coins are referred to as
"loonies" and "twoonies", endearingly by Canadians and mockingly by
Americans.