Answer:
Sodium reacts with the oxygen in air. It reacts vigorously with oxygen and the moisture that is already present in the air and thus catches fire.
It would be a bad idea to make coins made of sodium metal, beacause of their reactive nature.
Those species which are not stable in nature and always ready to show reaction with another species, is known as reactive species.
Sodium metal is highly reactive in nature, means it easly reacts with the atmospheric oxygen and shows oxidation or with the moisture content of atmosphere as a result of which vigorously catches fire. That's why we don't use sodium to make coin.
Hence, beacause of reactive nature sodium is not used.
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