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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;proofartoncircs, post: 924304, member: 25952&quot;]&lt;&lt;You miss my point young man. Half dollar coins were used all the time when I was a kid. They were as plentiful as nickels, dimes and quarters are today&gt;&gt; </p><p><br /></p><p>I disagree.&nbsp; Check the minatage figures.&nbsp; Halves were an optical illusion.&nbsp; They appeared to be plentiful but weren&#039;t.&nbsp; In 1951, I started work at the A&amp;P.&nbsp; We bought many, many rolls of quarters from the bank, but never a single half.&nbsp; We may have had a few halves in the registers that customers spent.&nbsp; But normally I gave out 3 quarters for 75 cents.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Women often refused halves because their change holders did not have a slot for them.&nbsp; It was easier to not even attempt to pass a half dollar on a woman.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Banks were loade with halves back then and used them pretty regularily themselves. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I found halves in Canada to be even scarcer than the USA.&nbsp; Often I would ask a bank there for a roll of halves and they would have none.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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