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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 779037, member: 22476&quot;]I think this would be a good idea. The Mint should start offering the half dollar coin rolls in a box of $200 or so, and the half should be redesigned to spark even more interest in te 50 cent denomination. Possibly with my &quot;Famous Dogs&quot; idea I have in the thread about redesigning the dime and the half.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>NAMA has told me that it would add millions in cost to add both a half dollar tube and a $2 coin tube if the U.S. ever replaces the $2 bill with a coin. So, if it only costs millions to upgrade for halves, why won&#039;t NAMA just go for it? I could see if it were tens, or hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade machines for taking halves, but just &quot;millions&quot; compared to the hundreds of millions to billions that the vending industry makes every year? Upgrading machines to accept and dispense halves (and $2 bills) would be like a drop in the bucket for the vending industry, even if they only make a few hundred million a year. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have tried both $2 bills and halves in self checkouts, and found that most self checkouts accept $2s, and THAT is a good &quot;first step&quot; however, the machine needs to be programmed to dispense $2s as well. As for halves, no self checkout I have ever seen has accepted a half BUT the coin slots on those self checkouts were big enough to comfortly fit halves (they just drop through into the rejected coin tray) so, obviously self checkouts were indeed, meant to accept halves. They just need a half dollar tube installed and have the machine programmed to accept and dispense halves, and then halves WILL once again circulate.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, with inflation, and people rejecting the $1 coin, I think we should just have a redesigned polymer $1 bill, and get a polymer $2 bill circulating, and make the half the new workhorse for the U.S. coin system.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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