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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 26004697, member: 77639&quot;]Was just looking at the British mint (i.e. Royal Mint) annual report for 2023-24. Link is below.&nbsp; Production of coins for circulation was 16 million in 2023-24.&nbsp; In 2022-23, figure was 162 million!&nbsp; My family and I were in the UK for several weeks last year.&nbsp; Not once did we use cash.&nbsp; It was credit cards all the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>The commemorative coin business of the Mint is doing great though.&nbsp; The Mint has started on an industrial scale to recover precious metals from waste electronics to use for its own coins.&nbsp; And hopefully with enough left over to sell as bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal</p><p><br /></p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/annual-report/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/annual-report/" rel="nofollow">https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/annual-report</a>/[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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