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The E-Sylum: Volume 13, Number 16, April 18, 2010, Article 28

TAKE THE BBC NEWS NUMISMATIC QUIZ

Dick Hanscom forwarded this online numismatic quiz from the BBC news. There's one question I know I would never get in a million years, but I'm kicking myself for missing a second one. So my score is five out of seven. Who can get a perfect score? -Editor

The use of cash is in steady decline in the UK and will make up less than half of all transactions within five years, research from the Payments Council suggests. So test yourself on the history of coins and notes.

To take the quiz, see: 7 questions on coins, notes and cash in general (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8620274.stm)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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