sorry, ran out of hundreds, but they are green... pics show front & back of each bill $50, $20, $10, $5, & coin $2, $1, $.50, $.20, $.10, $.05
Wisely, they do not have pennies, although their prices often are written in $.99, $.97, etc. When you go to pay, they just round off to the next even $.05 and list a "rounding charge" on your receipt. They also have (brass colored) coins for $1 & $2 but do not have paper notes smaller than $5. If you think about it, it is a very logical system... One strange thing is that the larger the coin, the less it is worth. The silver 12-sided $.50 coin is the largest and the $2 is the smallest, but then the silver (colored) coins for $.05, $.10, $.20 (they don't have a $.25 coin and laugh at our quarter), are the opposite with the smallest denomination being the smaller size... I try to use the $.50 coins quickly, because they weigh a ton. If you don't use coins as often as possible, they tend to mount up quickly and very shortly, you shorts start to ride down on you because of the weight of all the change in your pocket.
The bills are made of plastic and have cellar windows in them (look closely at one of the corners, the leaf shapes, etc. Are actually clear)... the bills seem to last for every (physically not monetarily), and I have been told they go through the wash just fine. Its hard to tell from the pics, but the bills are all different sizes and when I show $US money to an Aussie, they ask how you can tell which is which... their's are color coded too... they don't understand how we can do it with just the big numbers in the corners... must be all the drink that makes it necessary to have color coded money in different size bills.
The money is a bit like Monopoly money, and seems to spend about as quickly. I just paid $9 for a muffin & latte... and not even a Vente latte.
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