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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Apocalypse Cow, post: 923182, member: 24651&quot;]My guess is that once the composition changed to base metal the public started thinking differently about what was in their pocket. A fist full of change became two parts, the new base coin and the 40% real money. People realized that whatever silver content was left would be gone soon and therefore started pocketing halves. Once out of circulation the mint didn&#039;t want to replace them when the new coins were so much cheaper to make. I bet if they had changed the half to base metal with all the rest of the coins they would still be used today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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