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		rimantas on March 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Swapping US $1 bills to coins would save 5.5b over... We got rid of anything paper below 10. So now 1, 2, 5 coins (and some for cents) and bills 10 and up. We used to have paper bills for 1, 2 and 5 before, nobody misses them.

dasil003 on March 5, 2011 [–]

Is that Euro?

rimantas on March 5, 2011 | [–]

Sadly, not yet. It's Litas. Only one of the three "Baltic sisters" (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) has joined Euro zone yet: Estonia.

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