Canada loves its Loonie. Replacing the one dollar bill was such a popular move with most Canadians that a couple years later the government replaced the two dollar bill with a new coin called the Toonie. The U.S. has tried on several occasions to interest citizens in using a one dollar coin, but their mistake is that the never discontinue the dollar bill in the process. Canada stopped printing one and two dollar bills at the same time they released each coin respectively. It worked like a charm, and the two coins are enormously popular with the Canadian public including yours truly.

In Australia they solved the problem of weight when the paper dollar was replaced, by introducing Poker Machines.