Ok, so remember when Collin Lucas took the task of teaching
people how to “Dollar wine” like how ‘trinis’ wine?
Every good Trinidadian
knows that Dollar Wine starts with “cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, dollar”.
By
the time, you reach the dollar, your waist would make 360 degrees like the
coin shape!
Recently, there has been talk about the Central Bank
retiring the one cent.
Therefore, no more $99.99 sale from Francis Fashions
where your conscience feels lighter for not spending a whole $100.00
No more
scattered spare one cents guaranteed to scratch your phone card.
Times are
changing and apparently with the cost of minting one 1 cent coin the cost is 21
cents.
The most cost effective move is to retire them.
What does that mean for parties years from now?
Nothing
much, except..... new generations will be confused as to the reference of this currency.
Imagine explaining to your children “once, long ago we used to have one cents
when I was younger”.
If it saves $15 million per annum. , I say it’s ridiculous to
keep them.
As far as the country goes in these times of an economic decline; it’s a small but necessary change (pun intended).
We sadly say good bye.
As the
song goes “forget all the small change, gimme big money wine”
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