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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 24654397, member: 42034&quot;]<b>Exactly ! </b></p><p>Couldn&#039;t have put it better myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did run across the occasional dime or quarter in better grades but never a half.</p><p>It made me wonder what happened to the critters.&nbsp; Maybe it was considered an old-style design so few were saved in high grades.&nbsp; Also, I recall reading that it was the real workhorse coin of the day as dollars were simply too big to carry around. Thus they circulated a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Walking Halves were often of low mintage until 1934 as they were using up the Barber Halves then in circulation. My understanding is that they circulated up until the 1950&#039;s as they were pretty much face value only then.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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