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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 2886262, member: 72790&quot;]As a youngster in the 1940&#039;s and 1950&#039;s, into the early &#039;60&#039;s I recall plenty of fifty cent pieces in circulation. Cash drawers had slots for the halves and I recall seeing the slots holding the coins (a friendly corner grocer let me go through the change drawers for oddball coins).If I recollect correctly the big change happened in 1964 with the Kennedy dollars being snapped up and kept for souvenirs by grieving citizens. Even though the mint turned these things out in large numbers they just did not go into circulation. Then with the changeover to cupro-nickel in 1965 everything silver started to go out of circulation (even the 40% halves). By the time the dust settled people just got out of the habit of using them. As for vending machines taking them I cannot recall seeing any of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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