Pennies
Hundredths of a British pound sterling.
£133 million is mislaid by Britons every year because of the pennies they get lumbered with because everything's priced £x.99.
Our options, then:
1. Outlaw 99p suffixing. A £149,999.99 Lamborghini sells more than a £150,000 Lamborghini.
2. Introduce the 99p coin. Although, to be honest, this would probably set off strings of pesky £x.98s, which would defeat the point somewhat. Well worth wasting billions of taxpayers' money on coinage just to see the reaction, though.
3. Outlaw 1p/2p coins. Obviously, because this is such a great idea, it's already been done in Australia. Even if some shops do price things in raw cents, when you come to the checkout, they'll round it up/down at a 50:50 random shot in order to dodge the otherwise likely percentage surge in economic inflation caused by upward rounding. Isn't that sweet?
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