Subj : Re: stamps & coins
To   : Darkman Almighty
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Apr 10 2021 08:06 am

 Re: Re: stamps & coins
 By: Darkman Almighty to Arelor on Fri Apr 09 2021 05:53 pm

>  Ar> Not exactly an ongoing collection, but I have a bunch of old Pesetas
>  Ar> from the pre-euro age. Also some stamps I collected as kid, in a tidy
>  Ar> album.
>  Ar> The one purchasing coins like crazy is my father, but I think he does a
>  Ar> a means to acquire precious metals for the most part.
>
> hey thats pretty cool. It's hard to come across coins these days since a lot
> have been taken out of circulation and then of course, no one uses cash.
> Collect for precious metals.. hm.. I'm not sure whats in coins but the ones
> here do not contain anything valuable. They used to have silver in them. Eve
> the pennies were not copper anymore. Perhaps in other countries the use of
> precious metals might still be a thing. As for stamps. Could be dying thing.
> Post Office doesn't release as many as they used to, people just don't mail
> anymore.

Here, cash is pretty strong. In my store, people only thinks about paying with
plastic money if the purchase exceeds 50 or 75 eur.

Some countries still issue real money instead of crappy fiat. See South Africa
and their coins actually made of gold.

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