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1 and 2 cent pieces, what do you think about removing them?

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They’re not worth anything, never were but even less through the years with inflation.

If a store wants to sell something for 99 cent, they can either just take 1€ or 95 cent.

Maybe even 5 cent pieces? But that would be a bit radical.

I am a bit annoyed that easy ideas like this are never discussed in politics, or wherever. It would make our lives just a little bit easier, and having them achieves NOTHING.

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November@feddit.de
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They could pay with card, but it’s something special here with many of the old folks and cash. Part of the ancient shopping ritual to put out the small coins and delay the queue as long as possible. Why? No idea, apart from “Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht!” (We always did it like this)

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Spzi@lemmy.click
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Part of the ancient shopping ritual to put out the small coins and delay the queue as long as possible. Why?

To get rid of the small coins, duh! Though I only do this when there is no queue. Hate to carry around a few red coins just for these occasions. Yes, get rid of them, please!

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blau@feddit.de
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Well, cash has privacy by design. So I much prefer that to the American card provider monopoly.

Still convenient when traveling light, I just don’t want to rely on it. By regularly paying cash I incentivize the upkeep of the German cash infrastructure.

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cron@feddit.de
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Austrian here, paying with cash and counting every single coin is still common here.

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