The Central Bank stopped minting them in March 2021, but many remained on the market. Per kilo they cost up to 30 times their value and the market by weight is growing.
Inflation makes all cash voluminously annoying. But it is much worse if that presence weighs. Coffee machines, soda machines, building laundry machines don't want coins. If one appears on the floor, it is more expensive to bend down than pick it up. In the rise of virtual wallets, carrying “small money” is perceived as dead weight.