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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have spent all of the Half Dollars I came across in the 'States, without any problem at all.
Australian half dollars (50c) of about the same size, are in very common circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
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all the time. Bought a 10 inch tablet back in December with about 9 rolls of them.
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Canada
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People in Canada still on occasion spend 50 cent pieces. My sister works as a cash supervisor for a pharmacy and gets some about every 3 weeks. In fact she gave me 6 of them last Friday. Of course I am never lucky enough for them to be silver. She has even got a couple of U.S. half dollars
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United States
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Yes. Clerks seem to prefer them to nickels and dimes and pennies when using coins to pay for a $20-30 purchase in my experience. Lol.
Whenever I have someone pay with halves(fairly often. A regular is a roll searcher and pays with them) I also hand them back out in change instead of 2 quarters. I've never had anyone complain or get upset by doing so even though some employees are afraid if they give them out in change it will happen.
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United States
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Stopped by a local bank, picked up a roll from the vault. Looked them over -- all 71-74, no appeal that I could find -- so I bought a set of Special Olympics forever stamps with them.
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United States
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United States
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Got two halves today at a bank. First time in a long time they had any.
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Canada
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People in Canada still on occasion spend 50 cent pieces. Weird. In all my years, I've never seen one being used in retail. Even as a banker only the odd piece would get deposited and never with me. I thought it could be a regional thing, but you've indicated you're in the same part of the country. |
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Canada
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I honestly had never seen a 50 cent coin. Until recently! It was mistakened as a quarter... Not sure how, but it was. Swapped it out for a real quarter and called it mine haha. I have never seen people intentionally spend them. Though they WILL willingly spend old bills (I have a 1 dollar bill, and old (1937?) 20 dollar bill).
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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There's one dollar store I go to and now the manager LOVES me as I occasionally spend a .50 piece or the old nickel dollars out there and the staff just get a kick out of it.
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 Canada
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Spent two in Washington state this morning , not even a comment. Here in B C I will often leave halves dollar coins in nickel and one and two dollar bills as tips . Spent one last week at a grocery store and the young cashier said that's valuable you know. Priceless!
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Canada
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For me, the answer is no. This is because I'm too young to ever see dollar and half dollar coins circulate in Canada. I've received two 50 cent coins working at McDonald's over the past three years. The first time, I assumed it was a toonie and bought it for a dollar so my till wasn't as short. The second, my manager saw a 1971 and gave it to me. If I ever got too many that were worth holding on to, I might spend some for fun.
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United States
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When I lived in Cali, I would leave them as tips and spend them at yard sales whenever I would do some roll searching. I never stuck around to see the reactions though. I would do the same with an occasional Ike, SBA, and Sac. EDIT: After living in europe, I think I will go out of my way to acquire and use $.50 and $1 coins. My only compaint being the US halves are a bit big to lug alot around in your pocket. Edited by Half
06/14/2015 10:00 am
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United States
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Australia
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I often get half dollars and 2 dollar bill as change at coin shops. That is where I often spend them too lol.
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