End Of Circulating Coins?

Obviously stated by someone that does not attend flea markets, shows such as gun, knife, coin, electronics, etc. Also, garage/yard/estate sales. And some stores will tell you if you use cash, they will give you a % off the prices.
Impossible to haggle a price when using anything except cash. Actually I've haggled down prices even in department stores by not using a card, only cash.
My Son is a fantastic opposition to cash though. He owns his own buisness and uses credit/debit cards for everything possible. He says for documentation, it's the only way to go. Also, a small percent of those transactions get lost so sometimes things are free with plastic.
Don't know if anyone has read about the latest scam with credit cards that have the RF chip built in. Scanners can be purchased that can read such cards even in a waller.

Indeed there is many pros and cons regarding currency. The fact that we are an ever evolving species means at some point perhaps we will come up a different system than money. Fact is though, it's been around since the beginning of time. Have pennies obsolete and too costly to make? probably. Can we eliminate the need for pennies? probably. But all coinage? I doubt it. The very foundation of fractional currency demands the inclusion of all decimals for it to work properly. Barring some unforseen mathematical equation of a tax rate that always comes up with a whole number, it would seem as though the current system will remain the way it is.

Oy, don't get me wrong (I know what you mean), but that just sounds like inflation to me. XP

I've got to stop reading all this depressing stuff, I wish I could full on explain exactly what they are doing and what will happen as we have been there done that many years ago and people still don't except it but due to my brain injury and the lack of understanding I really couldn't be bothered.

Sorry if I upset anyone but this is bull and nothing will ever change or get better while we all keep sticking our heads in the sand and saying it's all good..I'll come back in a few years when your all posting about what they're doing and how bad it is and I can say I tried to warn you

I can tell you all from personal experiance, that like the old saying "you don't know what you have til it's gone" anyone that's been sick or injured knows exactly what I'm talking about as we all take way too much for granted, end of rant, thanks for your time and patience..be good to your selves and each other

Do I ever know what you mean. Due to Cancer I lost my bladder, prostate, all nevers in that area and all associated lymph nodes. And as you said, they are really, really missed.
But as to coins, although I don't think about them, I sort of do miss the old Tax Token type Mills. Wonder how many remember a $0.001 or $0.005 type coin. Although most were plastic.

, Shnug and charlesjcoin!

Another example of using cash is carnivals and festivals. I don't mean state fairs, where some people are essentially running retail stores, but the "little" events, where it's still possible to run millions of dollars over a few day event. Can you imagine the line to get an elephant ear using plastic?

Plastic coins

Here is a set of 1913 "ivory" coins from Keeling Cocos. They also issued a set in red and blue plastic in 1968





This is the 1968 25 Rupee



I don't have images, but I do have a set of plastic New Zealand Decimal Practice Coins that were used in 1966 to train bank tellers and school children in the counting and handling of the new decimal coins that were coming.