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Pillar of the Community
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I still say we should call one, a "half" and more than one, "halves" (not halfs) becaise most rolls I get from the banks and credit unions say "$10 HALVES" on them. Also, why call them half "dollars"? How many people go around calling quarters "quarter dollars"?
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Moderator
 United States
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I call them half dollars or half dollar coins.
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United States
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I call it a roll of pennies that I can search once I exchange it! Nice.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
It seems like I usually refer to them as halves when I am talking about the coins in a numismatic sense (my collection or when looking for coins at a show or coin shop or what not), but for some odd reason when I talk about using them as currency I say 50-cent piece. I don't often spend them but when I did (or do) I say 50-cent piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I prefer to say half dollar or halves or Kennedys. It is the American way.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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"half dollar(s)" here. The spines of my albums say " Kennedy half dollars" and " Franklin half dollars", but those are really the same as "half dollar", just more specific. I see nothing wrong with "50-cent-piece". One of the fun things about English is that it lends itself easily to idioms, colloquialisms, abbreviations, and personalization. We can say many different things to convey the same meaning. I heard "two bits" earlier in this thread as slang for a quarter, but really, "quarter" is short for "quarter dollar" so that in itself is slang; an abbreviation. There is lots of non-generic USA money slang out there: penny...sawbuck...benjamin...single...bit (usually two bits)...large...c-note...spot... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Coinage Act of 1792 speaks of half dollars, "each to be of half the value of a dollar or unit". And the gold piece with the denomination "Twenty D" on it is called the "double eagle", "each to be of the value of twenty dollars", in its authorizing act.
A fifty-cent piece could be 0.50 of the Canadian dollar, 0.50 of the Australian dollar, 0.50 of the Euro... but a "half dollar" is peculiarly American.
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07/12/2013 2:06 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I have always used "half dollar" and never "50 cent piece" because the word "piece" that to me more fits your gold coins above $1.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
I'm a suburb kid, and I just call them half dollars.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
Mostly Half or 4 bit piece
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Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
I call them halves, except for Kennedys, those are "bootleggers".
Rick
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
Half dollars for me. Seldom 50 cen peice. Never halves, always half dollars.
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United States
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I always called them "50-cent piece" before I had numismatic sense. Now they are half dollars.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Funny... the U.S coins I call half dollars and the Cdn. ones I call 50 cent pieces
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