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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 923010, member: 10103&quot;]What was it that contributed to the demise, or rather, the fall from grace of the half dollar coin with the American public?&nbsp; When I was a young lad back in the sixties, half dollar pieces were always in circulation and people used them with great frequency.&nbsp; It seems to me that they only began to disappear from circulation after the issuance of the Kennedy half dollar coin.&nbsp; Folks hoarded these coins (Kennedy&#039;s) in great numbers and at the time it was rare to see a &#039;64 in circulation.&nbsp; This, coupled with the fact, that silver was removed from US coinage in &#039;65 (40 % silver composition&nbsp; half&#039;s would continue till 1970) seemed to contribute more and more to the scarcity of these coins in circulation.&nbsp; I guess from that point on, folks just got out of the habit of using the half dollar coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What are your thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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