Why are Canadian coins the only foreign coins found in your change or on the ground in the USA?
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They look enough like domestic money to pass
cuase we’re close by and many visitors, well more than other countries. canadians always find american coins lying around or in our change
because canada borders us to the north. although mexico borders us to the south, no one likes anything from mexico so they dont bring back mexican stuff
Canadians are litterly littering money.
The size and shape of their coins are so simmilar to ours that it is easily mixes in.
In Michigan, Coins are usually accepted as legal tender
because they look like US coins and there isn’t that much
cash loss when changing them. Much better to lose a few
cents than a customer and/or good will.
Because the Canadians want us to get used to worthless things, so we will buy worthless Canadian products such as Bryan Adams and Celine Dion records.
The devious devils have slipped their worthless currency into ours, by mimicking the size and shape or our coinage.
Your question is based on an inaccurate assumption. When I lived in TX, I sometimes found Mexican pesos in my change or dropped on the ground.
Since the United States shares a huge border with Canada, it is not surprising that our coins crisscross the line all the time. In Maine, the smaller Canadian coins - pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters - are readily accepted in stores, (the "Loonie" - the $1 coin -and the "Toonie" -the $2 coin -are not) so we do not take them to the bank or throw them on the ground. We use them almost as easily as our US coins, although they don’t work in our vending machines. I have noticed that these coins are totally unacceptable in some states, however. Other foreign coins are not recognized or used in trade, so they are not circulated through the US population. After a vacation, they get thrown in sock drawers and strange little dishes on bedroom dressers.
They’re not! I found coins from Argentina in my change the other day! It is because they are so close to the US, I’m sure southern US states find Mexican coins. Canadian coins are also very similar sized to their US counterparts and that makes it easier for cashiers and the like to not catch them.
Canadian coins aren’t the only foreign coins found in change or on the ground in the USA (personal experience). However, living in Northern New England, a lot of Canadian currency is given as change, and accepted as cash. However, most parking meters and coin operated laundries won’t accept Canadian coins.
I’m sure it depends a lot on where you live, what the "tourist population is like … where they are from. Many European travelers convert their currency (depending on rates) prior to traveling to the USA or use traveler’s checks, or credit cards.
Exchange rates and all that jazz …