The banks I go to usually have a pretty good selection. Every once in a while I'll get a surprise from a teller who has been saving something special for me for a few days. If asked nicely, some tellers will watch for things for you.
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 12:37 AM John Herron via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 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 > > > > >
