Cash has been in existence since the seventh century BC when the Lydians used coins made of electrum in what is now modern-day Turkey. It has been a constant in human affairs ever since, but for how much longer?
Some commentators have argued that we should, and will soon, become a ‘cashless society’ that relies solely on non-physical forms of payment.
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