The Brief

TAMPA - Whether they are being pinched, paying for your thoughts, going towards two cents, time may be running out for pennies.

What they're saying:

"Some people do pay with pennies, especially the older customers," Autumn King, the manager of The Floridian sandwich shop on Kennedy Boulevard said. "They like to have their exact change."

People hunting for exact change leaves storeowners with the prospect of rounding up or down to hit the nickel on the head.

"We'll probably take the loss," King said. "But you have to think, a year of doing that, you know, it accumulates, so it will be a lot of money."

Dig deeper:

The National Association of Convenience Stores is worried because half of their transactions are in cash.

Despite there being an estimated 250 billion pennies o

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