Anyone else seen this "Nationwide" "Coin" "Shortage"?!

10 July 2020 | US Navy Vet

[US Navy Vet]

Timing of this in "interesting".

[CaptainK]

If I cashing in all the coins in my coin jars, I could remedy this situation.

[nevergore]

VF-63 hello’s to you!

This has been ongoing for several weeks, our banks have been keeping up updated on our business accounts....

Not paper currency, only coins.... covid related....

[G Larry]

Yes, all the businesses that process coinage have been closed and other retailers encourage card use.

I just turned in over $160 in coins from our stash.

[al baby]

all so they can round everything up to the next dollar

[Vermont Lt]

People are using plastic. Coins are not “short”, they are simply not circulating.

Since they are hardly worth anything...it doesn’t really matter.

[Menehune56]

Here’s some background on it. Yeah it’s Snopes but best I could find.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coin-shortage-covid/

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Related to the shutdown of the Fed Reserve due to Covid concerns. Or so I have read.

[IYAS9YAS]

Yup. All the Walmarts in my area (Metro Albuquerque) are supposedly on a card only basis right now (I’ve only confirmed it at the two nearest me). No cash. One of the Lowe’s is, too.

Pissed me off yesterday at the closest WM. Nothing posted anywhere until you actually get to the register to check out. I asked WTH was going on and the employee said it was national policy due to the coin shortage. I told him they needed to post it in big, bold letters on the door so people like me, who pay cash, don’t spend all their time shopping only to be told “card only.”

[yarddog]

I haven’t noticed in this area. I usually just dump my change in a bin and eventually use it because just too much accumulates.

[who knows what evil?]

Bullsh*t.

[shelterguy]

Convenience store in my suburb of Minneapolistan had a sign on the door yesterday.

[who knows what evil?]

Exactly.

[ontap]

The few times I use a coin is at the car wash!!!!

[LibertyOh]

Wide mentioned that the local Kroger has signs up about this for the past few days. I was surprised, but apparently true.

[mass55th]

Nope. But just so you know, I’m hoarding quarters for the laundromat :-)

[eastforker]

Yup, got a gallon full at least,.

[LostInBayport]

If I cashing in all the coins in my coin jars, I could remedy this situation.

I was just thinking the same thing. I have many containers of coins. I keep meaning to sit down and sort through to see if I have anything of collectible value, but I really don't know what I'd be looking for. I should just get rid of them, but hate giving a percentage to a Coinstar.

[Grampa Dave]

Any coins, we might accidentally get, go into a huge jar.

[mewzilla]

It’s a lot easier to keep tabs on people who pay with a credit card.