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Posted 09/26/2013 10:50 am
Jbuck, I just feel the need to say that when I was 10 years old and the State Quarters were coming out, I was trying to convince my mom to get rolls of the old Washington quarters from the bank to save because "they won't be making them anymore and THOSE will be the rare ones 'cause everybody's saving the new ones!" As with so many things, she didn't listen to me. I bet she wishes she had now.
Anyway, re: halfs, I can tell you that when I was at Circle K I used to hand them out in change and people actually LOVED getting, for example, 55 cents with only two coins--the half and the nickel. I think if the design was changed to something more general--Liberty, for example, or a president or historical figure who isn't as "collectable" as Kennedy--the half would see renewed circulation. I used to get people turning down dollar coins, but never a half, and more than once I had people go "say, you got any more of those?" and trade me a pocketful of quarters for the fewer, lighter halfs--even after I said "sure, but you should know I check 'em for silver before handing 'em out."
Anyway, re: halfs, I can tell you that when I was at Circle K I used to hand them out in change and people actually LOVED getting, for example, 55 cents with only two coins--the half and the nickel. I think if the design was changed to something more general--Liberty, for example, or a president or historical figure who isn't as "collectable" as Kennedy--the half would see renewed circulation. I used to get people turning down dollar coins, but never a half, and more than once I had people go "say, you got any more of those?" and trade me a pocketful of quarters for the fewer, lighter halfs--even after I said "sure, but you should know I check 'em for silver before handing 'em out."
