This is interesting. How long ago was that out of curiosity? I keep thinking to ask my bank if they have any dollar coins or half dollar rolls (probably doing them a favor by trading for more common currency) same with $2 bills. Might as well get them before they're really out of circulation unless that already happened.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 2:47 PM Electronics Plus via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Just for fun, I went to the bank and bought about $1000 in half dollar and > dollar coins. My son collects them, and we went through them all. We did > find some silver half dollars. The ones we are not keeping now go to > whatever fast food or corner store is needed. Some like them, some hate > them! Most tell me they have not seen them in years. > > Cindy > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of TeoZ via > cctalk > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 2:36 PM > To: Chuck Guzis; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of an > IBM 5100 using OCR > > I have not seen any half dollars in circulation in some time. They are > just > too big to fit in people skinny jeans these days. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Guzis via cctalk > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 3:18 PM > To: Fred Cisin via cctalk > Subject: Re: OT: "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of > an > IBM 5100 using OCR > > On 6/28/19 9:57 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >>> I saw this half-dollar sized plastic fob on the desk and asked what > >>> it was for. > > The big failure of the Susan B. Anthony coin was that it was about the > same size (slightly different shape) as a quarter-dollar coin, causing > people to mistake them as such on occasion. > > It was *extremely* unpopular. > > 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. > > --Chuck > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >
