[Margaret Pilkington]

No Neil, the ways we have now should be acceptable to anyone who needs to know who you are...though the only place I have been asked for ID is in the bank...and that was only because I was acting as agent for my Ma...and they accepted my bank card as ID...oh, I lie...I have been asked for ID at the post office when picking up a parcel...and they also accepted my bank card.

I have not been required to present ID for dental treatment(which I pay for anyway), or for hospital treatment...or for anything else.
As I said previously, if coins and bank cards can be easily faked, then it would present the criminals with opportunities to set up a lucrative market for those who needed one.
I will not carry one.
The authorities can all find me, they know where I am, they know who I am.
I am not the one going about with my face covered.
We do not need another level of bureaucracy.