should metal coins be replaced by paper notes??????

@jhallii (155)
India
March 17, 2007 11:11pm CST
i jst wanna know may be any countries currency they have both metal coins as well paper notes,,,,think so,,,,,,but dont u think metals may be getting more costlier than the same value paper note although note have some gold or some layer inside it,,,,,,,,then will it be better if metal coins be replaced by paper notes??????whats ur view??????
1 response
@Azrayel (95)
18 Mar 07
I think that the coins are much easier to handle the smaller amounts of money, because printing millions of pieces or paper for cents, dimes etc would take a lot of paper. Also i guess the coins are tried and tested, thats why we still have them!