//Another consequence of the pandemic: a nationwide shortage of coins

Another consequence of the pandemic: a nationwide shortage of coins

Masks were the first to go. Then toilet paper flew off shelves. And while Americans are being nickel-and-dimed with coronavirus-related costs in a shaky economy, the latest national shortage includes, well, nickels and dimes.There’s a coin shortage in the U.S.”What’s happened is that, with the partial closure of the economy, the flow of coins through the economy has gotten all — it’s kind of stopped,”