I'm personally not a big fan of those renditions and agree that it will take away from the park area.

But at the same time, I can't think of a better way of doing this and it desperately needs doing.

Every month or two I make the trek to the local bank to get some $1 coins for the laundry in our apartment complex.

Aside from that, I use Apple Pay for nearly all in-person transactions, PayID for sending money to friends and family, and my credit card online.

I'm approaching 30 and haven't actively carried cash in over a decade.

I'll miss them, though I certainly share in the blame of not buying them enough.

I'm stockpiling so I can still have some every now and then. From what I can tell, the cheapest I've found (excl eBay) is here: https://goodgroceries.com.au/products/allens-fantales-1kg-1?variant=42091381293253

By the way, hello all. First comment here coming from reddit.