2016-06-06 Mon

Marketing tricks play on your minds brilliantly, just like the number 9. You might have come across many such instances where an item costs 99 bucks or 999 bucks which makes you think that the item is cheaper. But, what if a country has a tradition of rounding off values during such transactions? Yes, that’s the case with a country like Canada.

Many have thought of introducing 9 cent coins, just like a 10-year-old Owen who rang up the Australian radio station triple j to share his concerns. Radio hosts Veronica and Lewis created Australia's first 9-cent coin especially for Owen.

The coin features Queen Elizabeth wearing a legionnaires hat and a Aussie meat pie on the front. It is then topped with tomato sauce and dipped in beer. But the matter of the fact is that it is not a legal tender and every time you buy something, you will have to lose a cent, thanks to rounding!