[textile]

The smallest change around here used to be the 1 cent coin. I'm glad they stopped using that, but still, even the 5 cents has been a pain for me to carry around. It is worth only slightly more than 1 baht, and you cannot get _anything_ for 5 cent. You can still get 2 candies in Thailand with 1 baht. (It used to be 3 candies, oh how time changed :P)

I think the only reason for its existence is so the prices in supermarket and 7-11 can be $4.95, $11.95, and such.

I have about $15 worth of the copper now, and the only thing it seems to be good for is the occasional round of poker in the house.

*trivia* The current singapore coin set has pictures of native plants on them:

* 1 cent — Vanda Miss Joaquim
* 5 cent — Fruit Salad Plant
* 10 cent — Jasmine
* 20 cent — Powder-puff Plant
* 50 cent — Yellow Allamanda
* 1 dollar — Periwinkle