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[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I recently had a trip to Japan and had more mixed opinions about it. Mainly because they have a large variety of coins and oh boy do you end up with a lot of them.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Coinage is the single reason why I'm tipped over the edge to prefer card. I HATE dealing with change.

I wish there was a card that was closer to cash where the money is stored on the physical card not offsite but that seems like a nightmare in itself... Idk

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

We actually had that here for a while, called Chipknip. You could store money on it which you would need top off once it was spent. It disappeared when nfc debet cards became the standard though.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Ohh I gotta read about that now!

[–] tatoko556@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

at least you have a choice wherever you live, use less card my pal

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

oh boy do you end up with a lot of them.

You just need more practice with the Japan Coin Simulator ;)
https://wendal.itch.io/japanese-money-simulator

Theoretically the most coins you should ever have is 15:

4x 1 yen
1x 5 yen
4x 10 yen
1x 50 yen
4x 100 yen
1x 500 yen

[–] swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is 15 supposed to be not a lot?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It kind of is, but I love the 500 yen coin anyway. It's the 2nd most valuable common coin in the world (I think) after the 5 Swiss franc, (or at least it is for now as the yen continues to tank, currently worth about $3 USD whereas 10 years ago it was $4 and 15 years ago was over $6). It makes your change jar actually worth decent money (imagine if filling up a 2 liter bottle was worth a couple thousand bucks instead of a few hundred) and it's kinda fun to have a small change pouch in your pocket worth more than a hundred bucks.

Plus it's gold colored so you can collect a pile and feel like a pirate