Guy From US Mint Claimed No More Stockpile Of Halves, But

I called the U.S. Mint today, just to ask what the fate of the quarters and dollar coin would be, as far as, once these dang multiple design programs finished, and do you know what he told me on the quarter? Well, first he told me he had to check, but then he told me that the U.S. Mint could start a WHOLE NEW PROGRAM if they wanted to, or they would go back to the eagle reverse of the past (which I was LARGELY hoping for, because I am SICK of all of these new designs) so I was just thinking, you gotta be kidding me, another possible quarter series program?! I told the guy that I can't even get all of the ATB Quarters, because I don't see them in my area, yet some people have told me they see them all the time, and he just said "Yeah, that's because some of them have lower mintage's than others" (So it seems there ain't much demand for the quarter right now, either)

On the dollar coin program, well I asked him, about if the dollar would revert to one design after the Presidential series, OH! and I DID ask, if Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush die within two years of the time for their own dollar coin, would Bush senior push the program into 2017, and he said that, in theory, it would.

Finally, I asked him if the Mint could try to get halves out to at least a few major store chains next year for the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy half, to try to promote the half dollar denominations, and he said "Well, we only mint those for collectors now" and I said I know, but I have read that there is at least a 10 year supply in the Mint's vaults" and he told me there wasn't and I told him "Well I occasionally get a LOT of halves from my local credit union with no problems" and he said "Well, maybe some of the banks still have large supplies of halves" (Maybe its the Federal Reserve that has the 10 year supply of halves) anyway, here is something I read about halves:

"In recent years, half dollars have been minted only for collectors, due to large Federal Reserve and government inventories on hand of pre-2001 pieces, this mostly due to lack of demand and large quantity returns from casino slot machines that now operate "coinless". If and when the reserve supply runs low, the mint will again fill orders for circulation half dollars. It took about 18 years (1981â€"1999) for the large inventory stockpile of a similar low demand circulation coin, the $1 coin, to reach reserve levels low enough to again produce circulation pieces. Modern-date half dollars can be purchased in proof sets, mint sets, rolls, and bags from the U.S. Mint, and existing inventory circulation pieces can be ordered through most US banks. All collector issues since 2001 have had much lower mintages than in previous years. Although intended only for collectors, these post-2001 half dollars sometimes find their way into circulation."

This was on that "Wikipedia" and I've been told to take anything on that site with a grain of salt, but if this information is true, then maybe they will mint halves again when they run low, just as the paragraph mentions the Susan B. Anthony dollar taking from 1981 to 1999 to be used up, before having to mint more, and itis stated that they WILL mint more when supplies run low, plus the guy I talked to kind of sounded like he was just guessing on these issues.

But IF the inventory of Kennedy halves is low, perhaps we should all write in to the Mint telling them we want to see a new 2014 design Kennedy half for general circulation. Just like we should write to the Federal Reserve to get the redesigned $2 bills into circulation when they come out. Hey, if they're minting all of these new quarters and dollar coins that people don't seem to want, why not let the half enjoy the dim spotlight for a while as well, with its own series or mini-series?