The Great Coin Shortage of 2020
Breaking the Dollar
English - July 17, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsInvesting Business gold silver crypto bitcoin precious metals investing dollar coins bullion invest Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One of the unexpected side effects of the coronavirus pandemic has been a lack of coins circulating around the economy. Pocket change is at a premium as many businesses remain closed and the United States Mint operates at limited capacity. This development lends itself to a related discussion: the long-overdue elimination of the one-cent coin, which loses tens of millions of dollars for the Treasury each year, and the broader "war on cash."