{"id":293969,"date":"2026-02-12T09:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/293969\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:53:09","slug":"where-will-i-get-2-in-a-cashless-world-contactless-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/293969\/","title":{"rendered":"Where will I get \u00a32 in a cashless world? | Contactless payments"},"content":{"rendered":"

I enjoyed Sammy Gecsoyler\u2019s article on using only cash for a week (My week of only using cash: could a return to notes and coins change my life?, 10 February<\/a>), but he does not mention the joy of getting one of the specially designed \u00a32 coins in change. My collection contains all the Shakespeare ones and Charles Dickens, but I lack the new George Orwell one. How will I get one now, with so little cash being spent?
Manju Ghosh
Bolton, Greater Manchester<\/p>\n

The Country Diary is a beacon in the chaos in the country. Susie White\u2019s beautiful prose from Cullernose Point, Northumberland (9 February<\/a>), took me back to the late 1950s when we had botany classes there, with the bonus of the sounds from the birds.
Jean Jackson
Seer Green, Buckinghamshire<\/p>\n

Re putting on duvet covers (Letters, 8 February<\/a>), pull the cover right over your head and extend your hands to the corners. Bend down and pull the duvet inside to join you, also meeting the corners, and shake it down. Step outside and button it up. Just about covers it.
Pete Clarkson
Manfield, North Yorkshire<\/p>\n

On the topic of bedding, not long ago I bought a flat sheet. Puzzlingly, the instructions say to \u201cWash inside out\u201d. I suppose it could help by ending up inside the duvet cover.
Catherine Tann
West Byfleet, Surrey<\/p>\n

Before we put the letters about duvets to bed, can I sleep on it?
Alan Payling
Torquay, Devon<\/p>\n

What about The Andrew Formerly\u00a0Known as Prince (Letters, 9 February<\/a>)?
Pam Lunn
Kenilworth, Warwickshire<\/p>\n

Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please email<\/a> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters<\/a> section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I enjoyed Sammy Gecsoyler\u2019s article on using only cash for a week (My week of only using cash:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-293969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}