WYR: A pound of dimes or quarters?

One of the bellwork activities I like to use are Would You Rather (WYR) questions.

John Stevens (inspire by ~Hedge~) put together a WYR comparing values of coins based on weight with US coins. I liked the idea & decided to put together my own for the first day of semester 2, but using Canadian currency. Here it is:

Which choice would you rather? Don’t forget to justify your answer!

– Laura Wheeler (Teacher @ Ridgemont High School, OCDSB; Ottawa, ON)