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Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin

  • Written by Michael P. Theophilos, Senior Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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As shoppers and retailers do away with cash transactions, we may be witnessing the end of a major source of social and historical information – the coin.

In the modern age, coinage is increasingly seen as cumbersome, a vector for disease and costly to manufacture. Yet for more than 2,600 years, coins have faithfully preserved...

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