On 9 Apr 2002 at 16:54, Ken Brown wrote: > But paper money is such a 20th-century thing! These days we're slowly > drifting back to higher value metal coins (2 pounds out for a few years > now, 5 pounds coming soon I think). Much more fun. Feels like real > treasure! Less of the floppy stuff, we want our ecash to look like real > cash. > > Ken > Yeah, but is that because people want it, or because the treasury wants it? They've been trying to foist dollar coins on US for years because they're cheaper (last forever and cost about a dime to make vs. last about a year and cost maybe 3 cents to make) but people hate them and don't use them.
George
