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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1973896, member: 26302&quot;]I hear you Doug, and have thought about this question quite a bit too. I have come to the conclusion that the 64 Kennedy didn&#039;t help the situation, but the real culprit IMO was the fact they kept silver in halves after 1964. So, quarters and dimes went back into circulation when they became clad based. But, non-collectors heard ALL halves, whether clad or not, had silver in them. This led to nearly all halves to be hoarded, even those after 1970 that no longer had any silver in them. After a good decade or so, people simply were out of the habit of using them, and the denomination died. </p><p><br /></p><p>It really is sad too, since most modern collectors do not realize the half dollar was WAY more popular over the year than the quarter. The quarter was always considered kind of an odd denomination, whereas the half dollar was a backbone of commerce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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