Germany considers dropping smallest euro coins

Germany has become the latest member state to consider scrapping the smallest and most fiddly of the euro coins - the one and two cent coins.

"We could imagine such a solution for Germany", Wolfgang Söffner, head of coins and notes department at the German central bank, told Handelsblatt on Tuesday (24 August).

"We're thinking about getting rid of them because of the cost. There are big transport and storage costs that have to be considered", he said.

If the biggest member ...