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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 3458743, member: 86815&quot;]One of my daughters uses her phone as a contactless credit card portal for everything and carries no cash. That works great until she loses the charge in her battery. Our Canadian Governor of the Bank of England advocated a cashless society some years ago which of course enables not only total control of tax collection but an unprecedented interference in privacy. 1984 is now a memory but in 2024 you can imagine the scenario when an algorithm recognises that Citizen X has just bought a can of dog food and he or she lives in a dog free apartment block, or has bought a book on some left wing subject when living under a right wing government or vice versa. Political monitoring of social media already exists, the abolishment of coinage would bring no enhancement of liberty.</p><p>I collect ancients and marvel at the political messages that have been handed down by the moneyers more than two thousand years after the event. I also enjoy the artistry of many modern coins and commemoratives and it will be a sadness if coins were to disappear. I can&#039;t see my great grandchildren admiring a cabinet full of silicone chips somehow...…</p><p>We live in a throw away society and I am not certain if our reliance on cloud based databanks will prove to be the best vehicle for recording history in the future. </p><p><br /></p><p>As I am on a downward curve I&#039;ll stop by saying that I am not a Luddite and the technology I am slighting to an extent has allowed me to learn more about coins and engender new interests as a participant and observer of this forum than I could have possibly have achieved otherwise. </p><p>As long as the lights don&#039;t go out I am on a roll......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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