[SOLAR_FIELDS]

I use them almost exclusively as collectors items for whatever country I visit. And nothing else. America is mostly cashless nowadays anyway. My thought is that at least in America, we will not be rid of coins for another few decades at least . Because gauging by the current climate it looks like the only way we start to phase some of these denominations out is when inflation makes them impractical and useless.

[KoolKat23]

Being in Europe, I'm surprised you can get anything with coins in the States. I'd struggle to find much under €1.

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

They are mostly relegated to a jar that you take to the coin exchange once every X years. I honestly don’t remember the last time I actually carried coins and paid for something with them (aside from receiving them as change and dumping in said jar) but it was over a decade ago that I used to actually carry change in my pocket for use. Could have probably been two decades ago almost.

Probably the most actionable use I have for coins in todays era is having a quarter for the deposits for the carts at the Aldi lot.