From January 1, 2025 the final price of a basket of shopping paid for in cash in a physical point of sale will be rounded to the nearest five cents.The change to the law will mean that shopkeepers no longer have to give out one and two-cent coins as change.
From the new year, Estonia will become the seventh country in the euro area to introduce the rounding rule.The move aims to reduce the number of one and two-cent coins in circulation.
The Bank of Estonia said it usually issues an average of two truckloads of one and two-cent coins into circulation each year.
Read more: ERR.EE
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