The visitor attraction has missed out on thousands in donations after banning pool donations.
The Roman Baths have lost more than £90,000 in donations since telling visitors not to throw coins in a 2,000-year-old cold plunge pool and to donate through contactless payments instead.
Kevin Guy, leader of Bath and North East Somerset Council said hundreds of thousands of coins were "damaging and corroding" the special site.Mr Guy said at most the cold plunge pool would bring in more than £100,000 but that has now dropped significantly. "That allows us at BANES to have one of the lowest council taxes in the south west but also it allows us to spend that £11 on the most vulnerable in society," he said.
"We are looking alternatives to do that...but the most important thing is protecting the Baths for future generations and with the damage that was happening, we can't let that continue."
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