OK so someone else is using satire in order to make fun of the idea of re-circulating the half dollar.
As soon as folks understabd and realize that they have absolutely NO control over what coins circulate, then maybe some of these silly threads will go away. BIG BUSINESS controls what coins circulate and what coins do not. The Walmarts, the Safeways, the A & P's, the JCP's, the Sears and the lowly 7/11 and Quick Stop Stores. The coins that THEY order to give out in change is what circulates. Anything that is out of the ordinary such as halfs, dollar voins and 2 dollar bills go right back to the bank. Since merchants to do "request" these while at the bank, the bank accumulates small quantities and then ships them back to their coin suppliers who in turn send them back to the Federal Reserve Bank. The ONLY place that regularly uses half dollars are Casino's whcih have $1 Blackjack Tables which pays 1.5 to 1 on a blackjack. Some of these Casino's still do not use half dollars though since they have their own half dollar tokens. Until BIG BUSINESS cannot order one dollar notes from the banks or Federal Reserve, the dollar coin is doomed to extinction. Its ALWAYS been that way and ALWAYS will ne that way until the US Treasury steps up and makes the necessary changes of eliminating the Paper Bill. The only chance the half dollar has would be if the cashiers of this country were actually educated in counting change back to customers. And while they're at it, could they please put the coins in my hand and then the bills? I hate having to balance coins atop some slick bills as I'm drawing my hand back into the car window.
Exactly. I think if the half were made smaller, or even if vendors would just resize their coin mechanisms on all new vending machines made, the half would circulate. I asked my grandmother, just earlier today, if she had problems with change being too heavy, and she told me "Sometimes" So I asked her, "If you bought a 25 cent pack of gum with a $1 bill, would you want a half and a quarter back, or three quarters?" and she said "The half and the quarter" I made the point of telling her that, one half weighs as much as two quarters, but at least you are dealing with less coins, and, I told her about how they could redesign the half to be smaller, which would likely save BOTH the U.S. Mint AND the vending industry, due to the fact that the U.S. Mint would be using less amount of metals to mint new halves, and to save on minting less quarters, and the vending industry would save, by not having to redesign their coin mechs, if a smaller half fit through their slots. Not to mention both of my grandmothers liked the idea of the smaller, redesigned half, and carrying less quarters. So, I think the senior citizens would really dig a smaller, widely circulating half. But that is nothing new from what I have already said. You know, I never do understand this myself. At some places, I have been handing the change first, but I think since the customer is concitrating the most on the more worthy bills instead of the lowly coins, the cashier likes to count out the paper money they owe you, first. Like I notice cashiers usually count, say if you break a $50 bill and buy something for $4.35, the cashier begins to count back your chage "Here's $20, $40 (two $20 bills) $5 (one $5 bill), sixty-five cents" and then they drop the coins on top of the bills. Annoying? Yes, but thats just the way they do it, I guess. (Notice how the cashier almost NEVER counts out the change amounts, at least, not that I have ever heard of) As far as large corperations deciding which denominations circulate, I do have to agree with you there, however, I wanted to try working at a grocery store as a cashier, using $2 bills and halves as needed, and if they hit over big, or if another cashier was just running low on singles or quarters, maybe if they asked me "Do you got any singles?" I could say, "No, but I got plenty of "doubles" if I did not have any singles, or if they ask about quarters, I would offer halves as well, if I did not have many quarters. If I do get a cashiers job, I may keep a lunch box loaded with halves anbd $2 bills for my work day. Then I was hoping if they hit over big, maybe the store manager would have his cashiers order $2 bills and halves on a regular basis, and maybe have the trend rub off on other branches oif the same company, and once other companies see what our company is doing, they may follow the lead. I know, I know. It is a VERY far fetched long shot, but you never know until you try.
wow. Just wow... I though I was watching a bad episode of Dora the Explorer with all the "I need you helps!" :dead-horse:
