# Why is there a coin shortage?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-coin-shortage/920626 "2020-09-15T00:58:34Z")\
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I just came back from grocery shopping and had taken our coin bank with me, hoping to exchange the contents at the Coinstar kiosk. That thing is still out of order.

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