I love the Aussie ones 
I remember when the plastic ones first came out. I popped a 20 into the back pocket of my 501s and off I went to the pub. Thatās all you needed back then, enough for drinks and a taxi home . By the time Iād had a quick dance on arrival and headed to the bar Iād discovered the damn thing had fallen out!!!
I quite like the colours on the Iceland one!
ā¦which is lucky really! 
Each to their own, as always .
The black economy, not that I am a part of it of course.
No,you are thinking of the minellium (sic).
Actually it was recommendations for what to keep in an emergency bag for if people were evacuated because of wildfires.
Many people use cashā¦ acceptable all across France by a wide range of businesses/whatever.
and it is extra-useful in times of crisis or when unexpectedly needing to pay for something ie " a whip round for some charity or for someoneās birthday etc"
sadly, some folk see the worst in almost everything and might presume cash is to avoid taxes etcā¦ 
(OK in a minority of cases, this might be correct but blackening everyone/anyone who uses cash is simply unfair)
Some small businesses insist on cash, under a certain amount, apparently not legal but it doesnāt deter them.
Our local boulangerie accepts cards only over 6 euros and the bike shop only over 15.
My mechanic needed half of my recent over 800 bill to repair my car to be paid in cash because the parts he bought were from a scrapyard which doesnāt issue invoices.
Given that it costs them in transaction fees, and that they canāt charge more for a credit or debit card transaction who can blame them.
I didnāt think it was illegal to accept only cash, or have a transaction limit below which cards are not accepted - but it is illegal to charge more to a customer who wishes to make a card payment.
It was certainly useful on the market this morning because last nightās storm had taken out phone and internet, so our fromager was unable to accept plastic.
Not me. Banknotes reek of perfumeāand even worse 
I must say Iām more interested in the number on a banknote rather than the image 
Well (so Iām told) plasticās fine for the first bit, but itās a bugger to roll for the second stageā¦
Many years ago I ran a retail business; it was on the cusp of every one starting to use cards.
At the time card transactions were very expensive for a small retailer so I didnāt want to offer card payment but whilst considering the idea I wondered if offering discount for cash was the way forward, as opposed to a card surcharge.
Early on it wasnāt uncommon to find retailers offering ādiscount for cashā, or even surcharges for using a card )I suppose it amounted to the same thing).
Ultimately it was the surcharges which lead to the ban on charging more for card transactions.
Mind you ādiscount for cashā could cover other dodgy practices by retailers such as not bothering to record the transaction at all when doing their tax returns.