The Death Of The Dollar... Coin? (Not Dollar Bill?)

Get this. I just talked to the U.S. Mint more on the Kennedy half's rumored demise after 2014, and the woman I talked to said "As far as I know, there are no plans for discontinuing the Kennedy half after the 50th anniversary issue, but there are also no plans to strike any new designs for general circulation. Maybe just a two coin set" Then I told her how people here were saying that Mint officials were mentioning at coin shows, that the 2014 half will be the half's last year of production, and she said "Well, if you want, you could hold, and I could check with my boss about it" so I said "Sure, no problem" and less than a minute later, she comes back and says "Sir?" and I said "Yeah?" and she said "I have been told no plans to end the production of the Kennedy half after 2014, and no known plans for Liberty coinage as of yet" and I said "Well, maybe the U.S. Mint should still put out educational materials for banks on the Kennedy half, so maybe people may ask about them and maybe request and use them again" and she said "Well, I can always suggest that"

Then I asked her "I'm not sure if you know much about it, but how are things going as far as the "$1 bill Vs. Dollar Coin" issue goes?" and she said "Well, actually, they are talking about discontinuing the dollar coin" and I said "Wow, I thought toy were going to say that they were talking about discontinuing the $1 bill" and then I said "That would be after the Presidential series ends, right?" and she said "Yeah, some time around then"

Then I talked to her about the redesign of the $2 bill with the Meaningful Access redesign, but that it was starting in 2020, and that is so far away, and she said "Well, maybe they'll ramp it up" and I said "Yeah, I hope so"

But I can't beleve it. You would think it would be more practical to phase out the half, than the dollar coin, but the lady said "Dollar coins just are not getting used as much as they expected them to" But halves aren't used much either. But it looks like the dollar coin is about to pull anothe "Susan B. Agony" where they stop making them for many years, then start up with a new series a few decades for now. I don't mind the dollar coin going away, as long as the $2 bill and the half are safe, since we already have $1 bills that work just fine. I just hope we could see some redesigned $1 bills in rge future, as long as we are going to keep the $1 bill.

Still, this is strange, because, isn't the dollar coin used more than the half? However, they did continue to mint halves after the SBA fiasco.