If your McDonald’s bill seems like it’s a few cents off, there may be a reason why.

Some McDonald’s restaurants across the country will start rounding cash payment totals to the nearest five cents as the U.S. Treasury’s decision to stop producing pennies creates change shortages.

News of this change first came to customers’ attention on Oct. 25 after a customer posted a notice seen at a Chicago McDonald’s to the McDonald’s subreddit .

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The notice explained that, due to penny production being halted, that specific location would round cash change to the nearest nickel for customers who paid in cash.

The rounding policy works as follows:

Totals ending in 1 or 2 cents will be rounded down to 0.

Totals ending in 3 or 4 cents w

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