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.
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.
