Originally Posted by Sturdee
My good friend Beejay1 has already answered this for you, all I would like to add that this is a result of another dirty rotten Seppo trick. This ?.99 was instituted by a Seppo newspaper to get more coins in circulation so people could buy their paper by offering cheaper advertising to retailers who took part in this. :eek:
What utter rubbish. :eek: All coin and notes ever issued by the Australian government is, always has been and forever shall remain legal tender within the Commonwealth of Australia. Even the old 1000 pound notes are still legal tender. Just because a shop doesn't want to accept them and so reduces the price doesn't make them illegal.
Peter.