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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 1134505, member: 29643&quot;]Welcome to your first post... even though you&#039;ve been here almost a year!</p><p><br /></p><p>More on point, the Kennedy half dollar killed the 50c as a circulation piece. If you think about it, it serves no purpose other than novelty (similar to the $2 note). Why would I keep bulky coins (50c and full $1 size) in my pockets when I can just have notes?</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;d do the following to the US currency as a redesign/overhaul:</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins: 5c, 25c, $1</p><p>Notes: $10, $20, $50, $100 (all vertical orientation)</p><p>Coin/Note: $2/$5 (either a $2 coin or $5 note would be used in circulation)</p><p><br /></p><p>Pennies, dimes, $1 notes, $2 notes, and $5 notes would continue to circulate but no longer be printed. After an educational period of two years, these forms of currency would enter a period of decirculation.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a period of 15 months, the currency being decirculated would be accepted in commerce.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the 15-month period, pennies and dimes would cease to be accepted as tender in transactions. Notes would continue to be accepted, but would no longer be given by banks or stores as change. Theoretically, this would work in a similar fashion to how war nickels and FRNs should be treated in commerce. Stores and banks should accept them (though sometimes tellers reject them since the counting machines call them fake), but not give them as change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nickels would be aluminum based with a nickel alloy added for hardening. All other coins would be copper-nickel alloy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes would be multi-coloured in a vertical orientation. Additionally, notes would be shortened and widened to increase security through multiple screening and UV layering of inks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point of this is that if the US Mint is going to make an attempt at restarting the 50c piece, they&#039;re better off restarting the entire currency system. The 50c piece was rarely circulated in the 40s/50s/early-60s. With Kennedy appearing on the piece, circulation basically stopped. The collectibility of the coins will always be suppressed due to vast supply levels, since everyone and their grandmother collected the coins of Kennedy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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