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One of the Regulars
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I’ve found what the UK did with the backs of their coins to be nifty. Admittedly the coins look terrible individually outside of the shield arrangement.
Also, I suppose “don’t take any wooden nickels” has fallen out of favor. Though coin carving is still a practiced art.
The demise of the value of coins also contributed to the demise of the Automat which couldn’t sell decent food offered by the price point of a single coin.
And Americans are quite stubborn about accepting new coins with a tradeoff of being more durable than paper, but heavier. The half-dollar died out and the dollar coins are barely accepted anywhere.