re: #258 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The Dutch used to have a 2.5 Guilder coin, a 25-Guilder note and and even a 250-Guilder note. What a brilliant system.

Many currencies such as the British Pound use a 1, 2, 5 cadence for notes and coins, starting from the penny, the 2p coin, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coin. Notes are £5, £10, £20, £50. The Scottish banks issue a £100 note. The Euro follows the same cadence but the national banks issue notes up to a 500 Euro denomination.

The UK also has a £5 coin, the Crown but they’re usually issued as commemoratives. You can spend them but few shops will recognise one and accept them. They’re usually put away in a drawer and never go into circulation which means the Government gets free money every time someone buys one.

Note that there are dodgy £5 commemorative coins which aren’t legal currency within the UK, minted in places like Jersey or in the colonies. Read the small print — if it’s not from the Royal Mint it’s not a real coin of the Realm.