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Well, at my local Walmart, I was either wrong all along, and thought that the soda vending machine charged $1.50 for a soda, or there is a new machine in the store that they put in that sells cans of soda for a half. This would be a good machine that should be upgraded to take halves, and dispense change in halves and small dollar coins if made to take higher bills.  If these vending machines accepted and dispensed halves, as well as all self checkout lanes at stores would accept them (like some Walmarts already do) and all dispensed them, halves would circulate a lot more, and there would soon be a need to mint more halves for general circulation supply. Just more half rant, from your friendly neighborhood Fox.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm on board with you, Fox. That would be very nice. Dead horse and all.  |
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None of the above. There are TWO soda machines at that Walmart that I did not notice. One machine charges $1.50 for plastic bottles, and the other charges a half for a can. Still a good idea for a widespread use in halves. A parent gets himself/herself a bottle of soda for $1.50, the soda bottle vending machine gives you your bottle of soda, and the bottle machine also spits out a half for the child to get him/her a can of soda. Brilliant! Edited by Fox
04/16/2015 03:43 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Who are you trying to kid here?
The streetwise parent would drink the 1.50 soda and keep the half to take home and compare to his collection for potential upgrade.
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Well, if the person is a collector, and should know its a "junk half" that is only worth $0.50, I'm sure they'd let their kids use it in the machine next to them. Say the reeds on the edge were worn down pretty well.  Edited by Fox
04/16/2015 04:40 am
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Here's the problem with halves. Which would be less bulky to carry?
1) 5 small cents or 1 nickel: Answer = nickel
2) 2 nickels or 1 dime: Answer = dime
3) 2 dimes & 1 nickel or 1 quarter: Answeer = quarter
4) 2 quarters or 1 half dollar: Answer = most would say two 2 quarters though the total weight is the same
5) 4 quarters or 1 small dollar: Answer = small dollar
6) 1 small dollar or 1 paper dollar: Answer = paper dollar
So, the half won't circulate because it literally weighs the same as two quarters, but has a larger diameter. The dollar coin won't circulate because it's more bulky than a paper dollar. The dollar coin can be made to circulate if the paper dollar is eliminated, but there are unfortunately no such possible helpers for the half.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Unless you make the half dollar smaller so it is less bulky than two quarters.
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Last I looked the pop machines here are only plastic bottles. Pop is not good for you anyway. Skip the machine.;-)
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Could have, would have, should have.  Kill the cent, nickel, quarter, and one dollar note. Flood the fed with dimes, half dollars, and dollar coins. The plebeians will adapt.  |
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Don't forget eliminating the $2 note and replacing them with $2 coins and possible 20-cent coins.  Edited by Fox
04/16/2015 4:00 pm
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Who are you trying to kid here?
The streetwise parent would drink the 1.50 soda and keep the half to take home and compare to his collection for potential upgrade.  |
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Don't forget eliminating the $2 note and replacing them with $2 coins and possible 20-cent coins. The former in due time. The second is unnecessary, as what I am doing here is like shifting the decimal point. There is no Two Cent coin that needs replacing with a Twenty Cent coin. |
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When I was in Vegas a few months ago there was several casino's that used half-dollars as basically .50 cent denomination chips on low-stakes tables. I would assume its easier to use those because they last longer and cost less than a regular chip.
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Yes, jbuck, but a 2-cent coin would have been just as nice as a 20 cent coin could be now. I hate carrying four or more one cent coins. I would love a circulating 2-cent coin as long as we keep the one cent coins in circulation.
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I wouldnt mind Finding halves in my change Edited by NickelCollector
04/16/2015 10:25 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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So why not just make all those vending machines to take a credit card. Then no problem of making change.
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Posted 04/16/2015 03:42 am
