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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3521463, member: 27832&quot;]I dunno. The Kennedy sentiment was one nearly-mortal blow, but the shift to clad composition (delayed for halves) was perhaps equally to blame. By the time people got tired of hoarding silver coins, and additionally hoarding the ones commemorating a beloved (widely) and martyred (kinda) President, they were just plain out of the habit of spending halves.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think if the Kennedy design had <i>not</i> coincided with the end of silver coinage, the Franklins and Walkers would have continued to circulate, and eventually the Kennedys would have joined them. But we&#039;ll never know for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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