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BBC News - King Charles III new coin designs revealed (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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An entirely new set of UK coins will start to enter circulation at the end of the year to mark the new monarch and his love of the natural world.

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[–] FlyLikeAMouse@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

How many people still use cash? I doubt I’ll ever physically touch one of the King Charles notes or coins.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Need one for the shopping trolley :) And my barber - and the local kebab shop.

These designs are absolutely beautiful, though

[–] Mr_Smiley@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use cash pretty much everyday. I purposely do so over contactless. Cash is freedom. Cash is anonymous. Cash is king. Don't give up on it or you'll be sorry when it's gone.

On topic, I love the new coins.

[–] Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Cash is king.

[–] FatLegTed@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

You'd be surprised. Car wash, barbers, boot sales, market stalls, charity collections, church collections, anywhere that the network or card machine is broken, village fetes, school fetes, church fates, collection boxes, people that have lost their phone or bank card.

[–] Mchugho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can't buy weed with card now can I?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

You need it for public transport in Northern Ireland still :(

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

More than you'd think to be fair. Lots of older people still rely on it, and homeless people might not necessarily have a bank account or a working debit card to use at a checkout.

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Only for taxis where I am. So I may end up with a handful of them as change eventually.