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Pillar of the Community
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Now I know many of you may say "Only if the half gets retired" or "Only if they somehow get halves circulating again" but I notice every time I get halves and search them, there are a lot of Bicentennoals in with the regular halves.
Not the case with quarters. When me or my brothers see a Bicentennial quarter, its like "Ooh ahh! A Bicentennial quarter!" and my one brother usually keeps them. As for Bicentennial halves, I have sold my brother so many of those, that he does NOT want any more of them.
And I must also mention Bicentennial Ikes. Those, I keep or spend, if I am desperate for money, but my other brother keeps all Ikes if he can. I just figure that most Ikes are worth one dollar, so thats why I will ocassionally spend them.
And finally, Bicentennial Series 1976 and up $2 bills, they deserve an "honorable mention, right? Well, as for those, I kept one good one with my collection of bills that I keep for each time the currency gets a redesign, which I've kept just in case of a $2 bill redesign, which at last, is finally coming, and I have a couple 32-subject sheets and want to get a couple more before the redesign, because the old style sheets may increase in value when the new style comes out. Other than that, I spend all of my $2 bills. Except for Red Seals.
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Pillar of the Community
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Oops! Sorry, I forgot to get to the point. Does anyone here think that we will ever see the end of Bicentennial halves in general circulation? Or is there just not enough demand for keeping/hoarding them?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I routinely find bicentennial quarters if I get quarter rolls from the bank.
As far as the half theyll circulate as much as normal halfs do, once they get some use they just become a regular half and so many of them were made even low quality uncirculated dont really have any premium.
If the wikipedia mintage figures are correct its the highest mintage of the entire series with over half a billion produced. Its also the highest proof mintage as well since the kennedy was introduced.
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04/06/2013 11:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well there were so many minted, many were kept for years and now people find that their stash is not worth much at all if any. Only the silver coins and slabbed ones have any value. So to make a long story short people have turned them back into circulation.
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Valued Member
United States
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I recently found two rolls of uncirculated Bicentennial Kennedy-D halves at my local bank. I guess someone finally got tired of hanging on to them. Very nice luster and the edges are still coppery. I find many circulated ones when I go through bank rolls, so I think they are going to be around as long as there are still halves in circulation. I just wish more vending machines would accept them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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While I admit I save Bicentennial quarters and by extension Bicentennial Ikes (as I save all Ikes that come my way), I will only save a Bicentennial Half if it has some other reason to save it. I occasionally buy batches of half dollars for the novelty when they are available and search through them before sending them to CoinStar or the bank, the Bicentennials are too common to retain.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I do like those $2 uncut 32 sheets...got me a couple a few years ago
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All in all, I believe hoarding regular bicentennials halves and quarters is a good way to lose money over time as the dollar keeps falling. The sad truth is most bicentennial halves/quarters are worth less than when they were issued b/c of the dollar losing so much value. However, sometimes people, still thinking bicentennials will one day be worth something more, will pay above face value for a roll of them on ebay. As to Ikes, I *think* it is the large size that makes people like them. So on ebay, Ikes normally bring above face value - bicentennial or not. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I once took a few rolls of Bicentennial haves back to a bank (I forget why, seeing as I would rather spend the halves. I think I just needed money at the time) and I marked the rolls of Bicentennial halves with a large black "X" and I told the bank teller that, that was what the Xs were for on those rolls of halves.
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United States
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I have noticed that the various bicentennial quarters I have found recently seem to be struck better than other 70's era quarters and seem to hold up better. I can't say that about the halves or dollars, but they don't get near the use and handling of quarters.
I suspect that people are circulating hoarded bicentennial quarters after realizing that they have not gained value after 30 years or so.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The bicentennial quarters circulated and are part of a denomination that actively circulates and has an annual of a few hundred million coins or more added to the "pool" of generally available coins. This causes the the bicentennial quarters to be an ever reducing percentage of the available coins. With the half dollar though the Bicentennials had a very large mintage and they represent a significant percentage of the pool of 1971 to 2000 half dollar supply. And unlike the quarters the number of new coins entering the pool each year is a mere trickle, so that percentage of bicentennials compared to the "pool" is rather stagnant.
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Posted 04/06/2013 11:01 pm
