"When I go to a foreign country I don’t want to have to be an expert in the language to be able to read whether what I’m giving to a man in a bazaar is a 50 dinar piece or a 20 dinar one. I want to recognise the international language of simple numerals. We in England all know what the word “fifty” means. But it’s arrogant of us to expect that the visiting Ghanaian or Japanese tourist who doesn’t speak or read English to be able to read figures as words."

I hate the new coins. My father must be turning in his grave - This Britain, UK - The Independent