On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 1:40 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 6/28/19 12:18 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > > > > FWIW, I just checked my "loose change" container that sits atop my > > bedroom dresser. There were two Kennedy half-dollars--one from 1968 and > > the other from 1983. I suspect that a great many are still in > > circulation. > > For those who have never seen a Kennedy half-dollar, it's a coin that, > according to my pocket tape rule is about 1 1/8 inch or 29 mm in > diameter, featuring a profile of JFK on one side and the Great Seal of > the US on the reverse. > Yea, I'm just the right age to have seen them in circulation and have it as a unit of measure for "just bigger than an inch". Sorry for the crazy measurement... Warner
