11/28: New Euro money

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Originally posted by dasviper
2: Why is there a coin worth two of them (e0.02)? It seems that when you made a new monetary system, you'd take to opportunity to shed archaic denominations. Is there a good reason anyone knows why the e0.01 and e0.05 couldn't suffice?

Soviet currency had a 2 Kopek piece.

You used it to make a phone call from a public pay phone.
Among other things, you could also get 2 packs of matches for it.