socially safe, of course, wearing my mask,

and the tellers told me,

and this is something that's interesting

'cause it's sort of a nationwide phenomenon.

They told me they had run out of coins.

Did you know this was going on?

Apparently we're going through a coin shortage.

Yeah, you see it in lots of different stores.

They say no change. I guess it's like a COVID thing.

Yeah, well anyway, the US Mint is scrambling

to figure out just what to do

and they just released this ad.

Take a look.

Hi, I'm Diana Fowler, Director of the US Mint.

As an unforeseen side effect of COVID-19, for some reason,

America is also now experiencing a shortage of coins.

(laughs) We don't know why either.

So we're introducing a replacement for coins.

Coibs.

Coibs are just like coins,

except they're actually small rocks.

[Man] Ah!

It's a rock! (laughing)

Coibs are about the same size as coins

and they come from the ground,

which means we're less likely to run out of them.

And from now on all businesses have to take them

as legal tender.

Coibs.

It's a new thing we're trying because we ran out of coins.

Sorry, can you cut?

I'm Glenn, a writer at Conan.

Does this sketch idea like even make sense at all?

Oh

Yeah.

Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, it's great.

Yeah, I've just been spending a lot of time inside

by myself with like no one else around.

And since my brain just went, like,

what if, what if coins were rocks?

Well, and like read the news at all right now,

like it's hard to be creative and make stuff.

Oh, absolutely. I totally get it.

Totally, yes.

Of course.

Oh my God I totally, like me,

I'm trying to finish this novel.

So my creative brain is not a little bit

not doing good stuff 'cause I'm just so isolated right now

that I think I'm going crazy.

No, no, no, absolutely not.

Not losing your mind. I swear.

The concept of the sketch is a little weird.

It's kind of it's a little, I mean, yeah.

Yeah.

What is it funner if coins were bugs

(laughing) that a good idea

Oh, that's funny.

That's good

That's very fresh

That makes sense. Okay.

That's oh yeah

Thank you.

Actor. Whose name?

I don't remember. Okay.

Hi. I'm from the U S mint and coins is bugs now.

Slow music

Now I enjoyed that.

Didn't you, Andy?

Yeah, it was good.

Yeah. I think everyone enjoyed it.

Oh

okay.

Great.