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why doesn't japan just divide the yen by 100?
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some answers already informed about denomination. there are currencies, doing the cut off of two digits, for example the french franc. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/french_franc#new_franc  when you look to old french movies, they often talked about 'old franc' when talking about values (at least in french original, i don't know what happens in english translations).
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