Coin shortage hits retailers, laundromats, tooth fairy
The national coin shortage has been an unusual side effect of the pandemic. Its at the minimum an inconvenience...at worst its a business challenge," said Brian Wallace, CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, a trade group for laundromats. I had no idea or even crossed my mind that there could be a coin shortage." For the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, a shutdown in March turned into an unexpected opportunity to help offset lost revenue and ended up helping address the coin shortage too . So she wrote a note: Dear tooth fairy, you may already know this but there is a national coin shortage in America.