No longer common cents in old money

The one cent and two cent coins will soon disappear from everyday life (“Small copper coins come a cropper”, Irish Examiner, October 20).

While they are at it, the eurobankers ought to downscale the other coins in circulation. Divide their values by five, while retaining the dimensions and appearances of those coins.

Since 2002, cumulative inflation has ensured that the euro currency is fast becoming more like the old Italian money, when a wallet of lira meant we could all be millionaires.