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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 935290, member: 39"]That was similar here in Europe when such phone cards were commonly used: Quite a few collected them, but there were way too many different ones card issues and designs. Nowadays they are not "popular" any more, neither in terms of use nor as collectibles.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for "plastic", well over here I mostly use debit cards (which, from my experience, are usually not accepted in the US) and also, to a lesser extent, a credit card too. Last time I was in the US, I could not even buy my shuttle bus ticket except with plastic. The odd thing was, everybody had to pay at a "manned" cashier's desk - they just do not want to deal with cash (fear of theft maybe). All that for the enormous amount of $7 per ticket ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The more situations like that we run into, the less popular cash will be. So yes, there will be fewer coins in the future. But the number will not go down to zero. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 935290, member: 39"]That was similar here in Europe when such phone cards were commonly used: Quite a few collected them, but there were way too many different ones card issues and designs. Nowadays they are not "popular" any more, neither in terms of use nor as collectibles. As for "plastic", well over here I mostly use debit cards (which, from my experience, are usually not accepted in the US) and also, to a lesser extent, a credit card too. Last time I was in the US, I could not even buy my shuttle bus ticket except with plastic. The odd thing was, everybody had to pay at a "manned" cashier's desk - they just do not want to deal with cash (fear of theft maybe). All that for the enormous amount of $7 per ticket ... The more situations like that we run into, the less popular cash will be. So yes, there will be fewer coins in the future. But the number will not go down to zero. ;) Christian[/QUOTE]
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