Keep the change?

Sir, – I approve of the proposal to do away with the one-cent and two-cent coins. I remember the halfpenny, which by the time it was withdrawn from circulation in 1986 had long since lost its usefulness and was regarded by shoppers and retailers as a nuisance. – Yours, etc,

KATHLEEN HOWARD,

Kilkenny.

Sir, – In Ireland we have always found change difficult. – Yours, etc,

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JOHN MORRISON,

Kildinan, Co Cork.