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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 925803, member: 21705&quot;]I think the ascendancy of vending machines were the primary culprit. They weren&#039;t designed for anything larger than quarters. When purchases were primarily person to person, the Silver Dollar and Half Dollar were king and queen respectively. As soon as they dropped legal coinage (Silver and Gold are our only CONSTITUTIONAL money), why bother?&nbsp; The public just didn&#039;t want more than 4 coins, none of which were worth real money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually remember the decline as Silver Dollars were popular birthday gifts back in the early 1960s and you could still ask for them at the bank right up till the late 60s.</p><p><br /></p><p>The halves lasted about 10 years longer and the mint and banks just stopped ordering them because customers had 4 slot registers. Just enough for cents, nickels, dimes and quarters. You&#039;ll notice the decline of fifties and hundreds at about the same time. Once again. 4 slots for cash and anything else was just an inconvenience. Now 50s and 100s have made a comeback due to inflation, but there is a very marked class difference in the acceptance of the larger bills.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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