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Current Crisis is More Than Just a Coin Shortage

Just read in the April 26 edition about the continuing coin shortage and the Mint’s request to the public to get the coins moving. I am as guilty as many because I have jars of coins and rolled coins that sit in my office. I do not take them with me to make purchases nor turn them in to my local credit union, another trip when gasoline is $3.85 a gallon in Pensacola. My purchases are 98 percent electronic, and I pay my bill in full once monthly.

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