In message , at 10:55:40 on Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Dik T. 
Winter  remarked:
> > >On another note, though, I would like to see the abolition of the 1p
> > >and 2p coins as the Dutch have done with the 1 and 2 euro-cent coins.
> > >There is hardly a need for them these days.
> >
> > Are they allowed to do that when they are valid elsewhere in the EU?
>
>The 1 and 2 cent coins are accepted but that is just about all.  Moreover,
>when paying in cash the total amount to pay is rounded to the nearest
>multiple of 5 cent (which is allowed *), so you will never receive 1 and
>2 cent coins.

Half an hour ago a Dutch bureau de change gave me a 97 cents, rather 
than the 96 cents they calculated they owed me. The change included one 
each of 2c and 5c.

So it seems the Dutch have not abolished the 2c after all.

If they'd have wanted to round it up to a Euro (and save counting small 
coins at all) that would have been fine by me.
-- 
Roland Perry