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4/18    Do the Swiss ever use the 1 centime? Or are prices almost
        exclusively .05/.10 ?
        \_ .01/.02 coints aren't made anymore except as novelty items.  They
           sell them in little glass pigs as lucky charms.  I can probably
           find you one if you want.  -John
           \_ it seems like the .02 is gone:
                http://www.swissmint.ch/e/products/index.shtml
                \_ When I saw that, I thought it was mint, as in chocolate.
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Banknotes Circulation coins The present-day role of coins as currency With most of us, circulation coins conjure up ambivalent feelings. On the one hand, they hold an inexplicable attraction for us as, indeed, all forms of money do - an attraction which probably harks back to fond chi ldhood memories of all the treasures we could buy with our allowance of coins. On the other hand, however, coins can also be a nuisance. For ins tance, when too many of them make wallets heavy and bulky so that we tak e the first opportunity of getting rid of them only to find ourselves af terwards without the right change for the ticket or cigarette machine. N evertheless, coins will continue to hold their ground as a convenient, c heap, and, above all, universally accepted form of currency.