Euro coins have different knurling around the edge of the coin for accessibility reasons. It has the side effect of helping a lot when trying to find the right ones blindly in your pocket.
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CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Then picking the exact correct thing
It can easily tell what item is a coin, but how much that coin is worth is hard for it to do. (Trying to grab a nickel vs a quarter, etc.)
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brokenlcd@feddit.it 1 year ago
Today@lemmy.world 1 year ago
US coins too. Big, small, thick, thin, smooth, knurled.
khannie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah I could definitely identify each euro coin by feel.
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A nickel is smaller and thicker, and has a smooth edge compared to the quarter. Can you not tell the difference?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This guy fishes in his pockets with his hands.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When you’re jiggling around in your pocket for it and there’s other coins in there too, it becomes harder to do.
I’m not saying there’s a 0% chance of figuring it out by touch alone, just that by touch identifying a coin (vs a not-coin) is a lot easier to do than by touch identifying what amount an individual coin is worth. (In the U.S. at least.)
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Zorque@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, sure. Adding many variables usually makes anything harder to do. But that generally just means it takes a little more effort.
Are your hands horribly mangled or something? Am I bringing up something hard for you to deal with?
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hands? It’s horribly hard to fit my trunk into my pockets.
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