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The penny's gone and America's coming up short
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Since President Trump scrapped production earlier this year, retailers and banks are scrambling for loose change
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Literally. Giant Eagle grocery stores in Pennsylvania are offering double value gift cards for pennies this weekend
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And at Sheetz, 100 pennies gets you a free pop. Banks say they're rationing what's left
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Some stores are rounding down to the nearest nickel just to stay legal. Quick Trip says that move alone could cost them $3 million this year
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Now, the irony is this. Businesses have wanted the penny gone for decades
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It cost nearly four cents to make just one. But this abrupt goodbye with no real plan for a phase-out
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has left cash drawers and customers clinking for spare change, if you will
