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A Nationwide Coin Shortage

Title (Dublin Core)

A Nationwide Coin Shortage

Description (Dublin Core)

With businesses having closed down, people avoiding handling hard currency out of fear of contracting COVID-19, and the US Mint experiencing significant difficulties in coin production in the spring of 2020, the US supply of circulating coins took a hit, prompting signs like this one at a west Wichita, Kansas, grocery store to become commonplace. Appearing in both English and Spanish, this image reflects the growing importance of cashless forms of payment and donations as ways of navigating this economic side effect of COVID-19.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 16, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Aaron Peterka

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Aaron Peterka

Partner (Dublin Core)

Northeastern University

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Business & Industry
English Economy
English Public Space

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

economy
coin shortage
US Mint
donations

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

A billboard that reads "Stay strong Wichita! We'll be back soon!"Stay Strong, Wichita

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/16/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/07/2020
11/04/2020

Item sets

Covid 19

This item was submitted on July 16, 2020 by Aaron Peterka using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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