why are the bigger amounts smaller?
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45651)
Philippines
June 10, 2018 7:40pm CST
i searched australian and philippine coins online and made a collage.
(you can click on the picture to enlarge it, then click it again to go back to this post)
philippine coin denominations are: 10 pesos, 5 pesos, 1 peso, 25 centavos, 10 centavos and 5 centavo.
you'll notice that the size of the coin gets smaller as the value decreases.
contrast it with the australian coins.
australian coin denominations are: 2 dollars, 1 dollar, 50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents and 5 cents.
like philippine coins, the size of the cents get smaller as the value decreases.
but i'm perplexed why the 1 and 2 dollars are tiny.
wouldn't it be harder to see and pick out from your wallet?
what are the denominations of the coins in your country, from highest to lowest?
does the size increase or decrease depending on the value?
do you use the coins or save and deposit them?
fyi: as i write this, 1 australian dollar is 40.21 philippine pesos.
1 us dollar is 52.90 phillippine pesos.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
i get them once in a while and spend them immediately so i don't get confused.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
@hereandthere I think it is a commemorative coin
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
thanks! do you collect coins from other countries?
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
11 Jun 18
Ours vary in the States, our silver dollar is the largest, 50 cent next, then 25 cents, but then we get to our dime and it is the smallest coin with 5 cent being bigger and penny a little bigger than dime. Weird how they figure these things out
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
it makes you wonder what is it about the american dime that they made it the smallest coin?
a penny is 1 cent while a 5 cent is a nickel right?
what do you do with your coins?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
@cintol the dime is what you used for a phone call right? are those phones still around? do you take your coins to the bank?
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
11 Jun 18
@hereandthere Yes, that is our system. I don't know why they made it the smallest coin, you would think the penny would be right? I save my coins, I have a jar for the pennies and a jar for the silver
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
we have a plate on top of the glass cabinet and this is where we place the new Philippine coins because they all look similar like a one peso coin. even the weight. before the P10 is heavier than the already heavy P5. now, when you drop a coin, they sound like a very light aluminum saucer. hahaha
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
every time i receive the new coins, i use them immediately to buy or pay for something. it's not practical to make them all the same color, you can hardly see the numbers, too.
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
@hereandthere our new coins are confusing.. everytime i receive those new coins, i separate it from the old ones and put it in my thriftbox. I like seeing new coins especially those that are really shiny....
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@anamika161088 (11868)
• India
11 Jun 18
We have 10 rupee coin, 5 rupee coin, 2rupee coin,1 rupee coin in the market presently. Earlier there were 50 paisa, 25 paisa, 20paisa, 10paisa, 5paisa coins were also there. Size decreases with decreasing value
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
12 Jun 18
@anamika161088 yes, like rial/riyal, dinar and dollar
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@anamika161088 (11868)
• India
12 Jun 18
@hereandthere Many Asian countries have rupee as their currency
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
@YrNemo it's nice that you have philippine coins. i wonder if they're still in circulation?
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@YrNemo (20261)
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11 Jun 18
@hereandthere Don't know where they are now. We were in your country 16 years ago. 
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
13 Jun 18
I have a three dollar note and a triangular coin from the Cook Islands. I live in England and our 2 pence coin is larger than a 5 pence coin. A 20 pence coin is smaller than a 10 pence coin. I think it would make more sense to make the lowest value coin the smallest one and they could go up in value according to their size.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
14 Jun 18
a 3-dollar note and triangular coin would interesting to see..
@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
21 Jun 18
It is interesting how the value of coins are so different. Our dime is the smallest coin. The penny and nickel are both bigger than the dime. I do have some coins from iother countries and I find their value and size very interesting.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
it makes you wonder the reason behind the sizes. which countries do you have coins from? did you get them from traveling?
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
12 Jun 18
they should have followed the old colors, just change the design. it's hard to see the numbers now because even the 1 pesos is also silver.
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@Letranknight2015 (51511)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
Sad to know that we don't have worthy cents anymore.
I wonder if it's good news to have 1$ to 50+ pesos exchange rate.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
i collect the 25, 10 and 5 cents and bring them to the supermarket when they reach 20 pesos.
re: exchange rate, some benefit (ex. remittances), some don't (ex. import/export).
@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 18
The size of our coins decreases depending on the value, except the 50 cents of Swiss Francs, that is the smallest coin. Our coins are 5 cents, 10 cents, 50 cents, 1 Swiss Franc, 2 Swiss Francs and 5 Swiss Francs.
The value today is 1 Swiss Francs = 1.01 US$
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
i wonder why the 50 cents is the smallest?
in the us, the dime (10 cents) is the smallest even if they have 5 cents (nickel) and 1 cent.(penny).
do you still use coins when buying or paying something?
1 swiss francs is 53.80 pesos today, higher than the us dollar.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 18
@hereandthere I still have many US coins, we used to travel a lot in the United States. We use coins especially to pay for the parking. I know the Swiss Franc is worth a little more than the dollar now.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
12 Jun 18
your $2 is as small as our 25 centavos.
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@JudyEv (325696)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jun 18
@hereandthere I have no idea why they chose the sizes they did. I suppose there is a reason for it.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
you'll be surprised when you see their 50 cents. remember the big piso before? however, their $2 is as small as our 25 cents (much thicker though)
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
11 Jun 18
Our Canadian coins vary in size. Not necessarily largest amount to smallest as our .10 cent piece is smaller than our .05 cent piece. All the other coins from the Twooney ($2.00) the Looney, ($1.00) and the quarter, (.25 cents) are largest to smallest.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
why were they called twooney and looney?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
@Starmaiden my first thought was looney tunes, the cartoons. but yeah, we have our frustrations, too, about ever changing bills and coins with each government change.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
11 Jun 18
@hereandthere The only explanation I have for that is because when the $1.00 coin was produced many years ago, it has the ingraving of a loon on one face of it. Canadians began referring to it as a "loonie".
When the $2.00 coin made it's appearance a number of years later, it automatically became the "toonie". (Two-ney)
It is mainly in reference of how loony-toony the government is for wanting to rid Canada of the 1 and 2 dollar bills.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Other Canadians might see it differently.
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@jvincent_129 (4994)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
ow. I dont know how they decided to have smaller amounts to bigger coins. Maybe because these smaller amounts they dont carry much often it might be good to have the bigger amounts less heavier.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
what i don't like about our new philippine coins is they're all the same color and it's hard to see the numbers. they should have followed the same colors as the previous coins.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
13 Jun 18
Our £2 coin is much larger than the rest of our coins although we do not see many of these in circulation.(Probably because everyone else saves them too) I collect these and save up for something.
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@dgobucks226 (34348)
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27 Jun 18
That is an interesting post about coin size. I guess the most expensive denominations are the largest in the U.S. If your talking $1, 50 cent and quarters.
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@SiddharthV (925)
• India
12 Jun 18
That is really a good observation and I think I too have to observe like this.
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