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Small town's big plan to ditch small change
« on: February 22, 2016, 09:52:29 pm »
A shop's cash draw with the spaces for one- and two-cent coins empty. Photo: DPA

Retailers in the small town of Kleve on Germany's border with the Netherlands have banded together in a movement to end the use of one- and two-cent coins.

Retailers in the small town of Kleve on Germany's border with the Netherlands have banded together in a movement to end the use of one- and two-cent coins.

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From February 1st, any customers paying for their goods in cash in retailers participating in the scheme will see prices rounded up or down to the nearest five cents.

The North Rhine-Westphalia community action..
http://www.thelocal.de/20160201/small-towns-big-plan-to-ditch-small-change