The problem became so acute that, in 1717, card money was redeemed at 50 per  9  The coin shortage "was not confined to Canada – there was a shortage of coin in the British colonies, in Britain, and in France itself. The shortage in France was as acute as in Canada and economic conditions were worse." McCullough, ibid, p. 34.
This will require process re-engineering, to be addressed by each one of you and the procedural changes will have to be duly communicated and in-grained in your field functionaries, the front line interface with the ordinary customers.