According to online travelogues, the self-service parking payment machine in Oxford only reads chip credit cards and accepts old one-pound coins. Is that true ?

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Nowadays, you can often just tap your card with a touchless card reader. London's subway and buses are both usable this way.

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In the UK, almost all parking machines require a chip credit card or coins. Some only accept coins, and none accept banknotes!

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