The director of the U.S. Mint on Monday asked Americans to help combat widespread currency shortages by using exact change for purchases and exchanging coins for cash at banks and kiosks. In a video posted on Twitter on Monday, U.S. Mint Director David Ryder called for actions that would improve …
Read More »Jim Holton of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Delivers an Exchange Value of $ 5,000 to Help Coin Shortage
(Newser) – The Federal Reserve has established a special force to “move coins” in the United States amid the coronavirus-driven coin shortage, but a man in Wisconsin did not wait for government help to put more nickels and coins of ten cents in circulation. Jim Holton of Wauwatosa, who started …
Read More »Federal Reserve says closings nationwide have caused currency shortages
CLEVELAND – They are running out of cash. Snappy Gas Mart in Cleveland relies on getting change coins from local banks, but right now that’s not an option. “It had been about 10 days since we last got any currency from them, be it paper or change,” said Russ, manager …
Read More »Currency latest impact of COVID-19, ENC seeing impact
WASHINGTON, NC (WITN) – A currency shortage that the United States Federal Reserve warned in June that the country would face is being felt in the east. McDonald’s restaurant in Washington is a place where we saw signs to use the exact credit or the exchange and that “due to …
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