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抢了几个月厕纸以后，美国人总算不用抢厕纸了，然而又有一样日常所需的东西因为短缺而被迫限量配给，把美国各地的银行急得团团转，那就是：硬币。 Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Just as supplies of toilet paper are finally getting back to normal, the coronavirus has triggered another shortage of something we typically take for granted: pocket change. 就在卫生纸供应总算恢复正常时，新冠肺炎疫情却引发了另一种我们想当然的东西短缺：零钱。 Banks around the US are running low on nickels, dimes, quarters and even pennies. And the Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, has been forced to ration scarce supplies. 美国各地银行的五分硬币、十分硬币、两角五分硬币甚至还有一分硬币都出现短缺。给银行供应货币的美联储被迫限额配给稀缺硬币。 "It was just a surprise," said Gay Dempsey, who runs the Bank of Lincoln County in Tennessee, when she learned of the rationing order. "Nobody was expecting it." 美国田纳西州林肯县银行的行长盖伊·邓普赛听说配额令后表示：“真是让人惊讶。没有人料到会这样。” Dempsey's bank typically dispenses 400 to 500 rolls of pennies each week. Under the rationing order, her allotment was cut down to just 100 rolls, with similar cutbacks in nickels, dimes and quarters. | 
