It cost Vancouver taxpayers $25,000 to retrofit parking meters to accept the new loonies and toonies.
San Diego headquartered IPS Group was paid close to $25,000 for services to upgrade its meters after drivers who inserted the new coins found they weren't registering.
The cost is in the city's annual Procurement Report.
The report also shows $318,000 in contracts to host the upcoming Federation of Canadian Municipalities Convention.
The city also spent $53,000 to hire Eberle Planning and Research to coordinate the 2012 homeless count.