# An Alternative to Discontinuing the Penny **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-alternative-to-discontinuing-the-penny/1014142 "2025-02-10T17:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 197
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-alternative-to-discontinuing-the-penny/1014142/197 "2025-02-26T18:42:27Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > I think the US and Canada are the only countries to use a “25” denomination - either in coins or notes. It turns out this isn’t the case. We had a thread on this a while back: > [@Is the quarter coin unique to the US and Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quarter-coin-unique-to-the-us-and-canada/680130/): > > Most of the currencies I can think of that are divided into cents / pence / whatever (British pound, Euro, Mexican dollar, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, South African rand, Latvian lat, Cypriot pound) have coins in the denominations 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50. All except US and Canadian cents, which are in the denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50. Are these the only two countries in the world that use 25? Is there any particular reason why they use 25 instead of 20? Are there any othe… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-alternative-to-discontinuing-the-penny/1014142)._