It's interesting to note the difference from when I was in Italy a couple years ago. Most places *did* round most of their shelf prices, and pre-figured the VAT to keep them even. Bars, coffee, cigarettes, most of the little shops. The only place I ever really used anything smaller that e0.10 was at the big supermarket. Everyone else just dropped the least-significant-digit. (e0.10 coins were the smallest "gold" coins, 1, 2 and 5 cent coins were copper. Pretty much everyone just threw all the copper in a jar and ignored it.)
It was a strange experience living in a place where a single coin could buy a shot at the bar. e1 and e2 coins made up the bulk of my money-handling, and would only go for paper bills when I *didn't* have coin. I actually found it to be easier, overall than doing everything with paper and having the coin be mostly worthless. (Back in the states, I do almost everything with plastic, which makes currency discussions somewhat academic.)
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Date: 2012-12-02 08:19 pm (UTC)It was a strange experience living in a place where a single coin could buy a shot at the bar. e1 and e2 coins made up the bulk of my money-handling, and would only go for paper bills when I *didn't* have coin. I actually found it to be easier, overall than doing everything with paper and having the coin be mostly worthless. (Back in the states, I do almost everything with plastic, which makes currency discussions somewhat academic.)