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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;proofartoncircs, post: 924463, member: 25952&quot;]&lt;&lt;Half dollars were prolific enough that I was able (sixties) to assemble a complete set of Franklins from pocket change.&gt;&gt; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;True, I did the same myself.&nbsp; I also did a complete set of Walkers.&nbsp; The 1938 D was the last one and I got that from the milk store after halves had pretty well disappeared.&nbsp; It was lightly circulated with a bad edge ding.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was just saying halves were actually much fewer than quarters, although banks back then apparently had plenty.&nbsp; I remember March 24, 1964 when the Kennedy&#039;s were released.&nbsp; It was one to a customer.&nbsp; Everybody paid with a dollar bill hoping for a second in change.&nbsp; They got a regular half instead.&nbsp; But it was a half they got in change.&nbsp; Soon halves were scarcer.&nbsp; Then, by necessity,&nbsp; banks fell out of the habit of using them and never resumed it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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