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Well, since the Candians likely have to use those cash drawers with eight coin slots now, that that have seven denominations (or six now, without the penny) they should start using their halves again, because, not only have I heard that Canadian halves are smaller than U.S. halves, but because if Canadian halves "are" smaller than U.S. halves, they would, in theory, weigh less than two Canadian quarters, because Canadian quarters are the same size as U.S. quarters, and a U.S. half weighs as much as two U.S. quarters, but a Canadian half, if smaller than the U.S. half, can not possibly weigh the same as two Canadian quarters, so there's some weight to lose right there.
Also, I take it, "baby dollars" is refering to the small U.S. dollar coins?
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Also, I take it, "baby dollars" is refering to the small U.S. dollar coins? Correct.  |
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Interesting discussion. Personally, I've never (not even once) received a half dollar back in change. I would like to see more circulate, but I don't think that's likely since people are so used to using quarters vs half dollars.
Also, maybe I missed it, but I think people just won't spend money with JFK on the obverse. I think people may see it as a shrine/memorial and they will save them when they get them (I know my grandfather did -- every one of them, lol)
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@Fox
Actually Canadian quarters are also smaller than US quarters. It has been my experience, in the past, that a lot of Canadians have never even seen their own half dollars. I have had Canadians tell me they were not even aware Canada had half dollars.
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No halves to be had at any bank around here.
Personally I can never possibly have more than $4.99 change in my pocket, I don't have any coins in my car or house for spending. otherwise it would add up to a five dollar bill. Proper spending.
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It's definitely because of how big they are.
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Earle42,
Wow! Thanks for the info. You learn comething new every day, I guess, but I always thought Canadian quarters were the same size as U.S. quarters, and that was how they got passed as U.S. quarters. I the $1 bill is ever eliminated, I wonder if we will see the same problem with Canadian loonies being passed for our U.S. dollar coins, but maube not, since the loonie is a sided coin, and the U.S. dollar is a round coin.
Bm0ney,
You should try and find a way to get your local banks to order halves. I can see a demand for halves more in Canada than in the U.S. since as many people have argued, you are already carrying loonies, toonies, along with your quarters, dimes, nickels (and are people still carrying pennies? Or do they seem to be hoarding them?) and having a half over two quarters, or a half and one quarter over three quarters sounds like it makes sense to me.
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• I've never had a problem with spending presidential/Sacagawea dollars anywhere between Topeka and Maryland and San Antonio, and spend them I do, including leaving them as tips.
* I'm old enough to remember when half-dollars and even dollars (at least in the west) circulated freely. No one complained about their size.
• I'd rather have ten golden dollars in my pocket than an equivalent wad of ones.
• The last bill with a "Where's George.com" stamp on it was a twenty. Someone looking ahead to a time when dollar bills will disappear?
* I can get halves and dollar coins (including Susies sometimes) from the local Bank of America when I go in to deposit the rent for a friend whose rental house I'm managing. Very seldom can I get dollar coins now from my own credit union.
Things can change and will, not because of perceived public opinion. You only have to look to the past to prove that.
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Unfortunately fox, No halves are minted in Canada for the last ten years other than the collector's rolls and UNC sets.
I see pres dollars passed as loonies once in a while.
Still using pennies like nothing has changed.
On a separate note;
I do not want to stray too far from the topic of halves with this, but there is no logical reason for me to have more than one Loonie in my pocket at a time. So pocket full of loonies sounds crazy to me.
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02/22/2013 9:11 pm
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Bm0ney, Thats too bad. I just assumed that Canada had a huge inventory of halves sitting unused in vaults, just as we Americans supposedly have a 10 year supply of U.S. halves sitting in vaults as of now, or so I've read. If I were Canadian, or living in Canada anyway, I would be writing letters every so often to the Royal Canadian Mint to get circulation halves back in production, now that they stopped minting pennies. |
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The us quarters are slightly larger diameter compared to Canadian. The thickness is slightly more also.
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Bm0ney,
Call me crazy, but, aren't some Candian pennies "sided" coins? I know I have some round ones, but I could swear I've seen sided Canadian pennies as well (similar to the loonie), and if I am correct, which pennies are newer? The sided pennies, or the round pennies?
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Bm0ney,
Oh, I also believe that Canadian dimes are thinner than U.S. dimes, at least, it feels that way. Are Canadian dimes, nickels and pennies any much different from their U.S. counterparts?
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Only 100% sure on the quarters size diameter and thickness from experience.
12 sided pennies are 1982-1996
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02/22/2013 11:20 pm
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Bm0ney,
Thanks for the information. Very interesting. Any ideas "why" the 1982-1996 pennies were 12-sided, instead of round? Did Canadians switch to zinc in 1982 like Americans did? Because I thought that I read somewhere, that Canadians actually kept their penny solid copper/bronze until 1996, but I may just be confused.
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