KBEAR: Billings' Greatest Hits » Canada http://kbear.com Billings' Greatest Hits Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Canada's Money May Be on the Verge of Becoming Digital with the 'MintChip' — Dollars and Sense [VIDEO] http://kbear.com/canada-money-digital-mintchip-dollars-and-sense-video/ http://kbear.com/canada-money-digital-mintchip-dollars-and-sense-video/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:00:30 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=88333 Canada has been making some interesting changes to its currency from ditching its penny to pushing pretty, plastic pesos. The latest may become one of the coolest forms of cash on the continent.

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Canada, our neighbor to the North, has just eliminated the penny in their latest federal budget, following the example of nations like Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian national mint will stop producing the one-cent coin over the next six months, and businesses have been asked to return pennies to be melted down.

We thought it was a joke too, but apparently the Great White North is serious:

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