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Got a dime? Businesses seek Treasury help with coin shortage

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By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Got a spare dime? Coins are in short supply again.

Retailers, laundromats and other businesses that rely on coins want Americans to empty their piggy banks and look under couch cushions for extra change and “get coin moving.”

A group of trade associations that represent individual businesses including banks, retail outlets, truck stops, grocery stores and more is asking the Treasury Department for more help convincing Americans to get coins back in circulation.

The consequences of the circulation slowdown hit people who don’t have an ability to pay for items electronically.

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