Thursday, August 20, 2009

Time for the man purse?

Unlike with the dollar, the smallest paper denomination for the Swiss Franc is 10 CHF. This leaves coins for 5 CHF, 2 CHF, 1 CHF and 50, 20, 10 and 5 “cents”, and leads to a bit of a predicament for the average (American) male.


The coins accumulate fast (think of how many $1's and $5's you typically have) and there’s nowhere to put them. They don’t work well with wallets and it’s a pain to just dump a lot of coins in your pockets.

It seems as though my Euro counterparts opt for the man purse (or “carryall” for
you Seinfeld fans), but I think I’ll have to pass on that solution…

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