Article: Five cent coin discontinued

[QuintonB]

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South Africa's five-cent coin is to be phased out, government spokesman Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday.

 

[QuintonB]

Old ladies everywhere to take up more time at check-out till-points

 

[LazyLion]

lol... those ten cent pieces are really small.
But yeah, probably a good thing.

 

[Ninja'd]

Old ladies everywhere to take up more time at check-out till-points

Don't you mean less time?

 

[Ninja'd]

I have about R20's worth of 5c coins at home

 

[ABCpt]

Don't you mean less time?

more time as they try and see the difference between old and new 10c coins, without putting on their glasses.

 

[smb3]

doesn't that mean that prices will also no longer be Rxx-95? ... otherwise you will always give out 2 2c and a 1c

 

[Ockie]

Why people still have cents on them I dont know. We live in the age of the debit cards people!!!!!!

 

[gregmcc]

Get rid of 10c coins as well - they are worthless.

 

[Ninja'd]

Why people still have cents on them I dont know. We live in the age of the debit cards people!!!!!!

Some of us like to stay off grid. Just in case Skynet becomes self-aware.

 

[killadoob]

Why people still have cents on them I dont know. We live in the age of the debit cards people!!!!!!

Yea it costs me 4-10 rand every time i use it though. So let's say i make 50 purchases a month that is roughly 5k a year, could be more depending what speed point is used. Although some banks don't charge for it standard banks does .

 

[silentbee]

Will they be adding a ten-billion rand note soon, too?

 

[jboyx989]

Great news, so tired of my wallet bursting with the damn things. They were way too big for such a small value.

 

[Ockie]

Yea it costs me 4-10 rand every time i use it though. So let's say i make 50 purchases a month that is roughly 5k a year, could be more depending what speed point is used. Although some banks don't charge for it standard banks does .

WHAT????????? Change banks!!! Good grief! Capitec charges me R4.00 a month and all card swipes are free!

 

[Ockie]

Some of us like to stay off grid. Just in case Skynet becomes self-aware.

lolz.

 

[jboyx989]

This is good news. The 5c coins are WAY too big anyway. Wallet-bursting little bastard nuggets. Good riddance!

 

[bwana]

So everything gets 5 cents more expensive?

 

[KhoisanX]

doesn't that mean that prices will also no longer be Rxx-95? ... otherwise you will always give out 2 2c and a 1c

When last have you seen 1 and 2c coins in circulation? They were discontinued some time ago.

Hopefully now we'll have prices rounded to the nearest rand.

 

[DigitalSoldier]

Why people still have cents on them I dont know. We live in the age of the debit cards people!!!!!!

That's what I also thought!!!

I don't have any cash with me and only carry my cards with me. I just went to put in R300 of petrol in my car and when I wanted to pay with my garage card I was told the machine is offline. Then I went inside to use the ATM and also offline!!

I had to phone somebody to bring me the cash because I had no cash on me.

 

[DigitalSoldier]

When last have you seen 1 and 2c coins in circulation? They were discontinued some time ago.

Hopefully now we'll have prices rounded to the nearest rand.

There are still some places that charge Rxx-98 or Rxx-99, but they always give like 5c change.