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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BR549, post: 923477, member: 7110&quot;]It all happened when the wives of the hard working men began to enter the work force. Now, you may find this strange, but she had no time left in the day to sew up the man&#039;s pants pockets that eventually wore out due to carrying heavy coins, like the Walking Liberty, the Ben Franklin and finally the Kennedy half dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>The men were tired of loosing their loose change, so they just quit carrying those larger coins. Soon nobody wanted 50¢ pieces except the casinos...now they even have their own advertising tokens and don&#039;t want to clog the gears with bits of metal off the reeded edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>The half dollar has gone full circle and is no longer a wanted commodity for everyday transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Collecting[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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