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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bzcollektor, post: 60805, member: 3241&quot;]Your memory is not failing. That is exactly when they disappeared from circulation. The hoarding of silver coins at the time was the reason. Halves remained 40% silver until 1970. Unlike silverless clad quarters, which were immediatly issued in 1965, silverless clad halves weren`t issued untill 1971.</p><p>People had gotten used to not using them by that time. The whole Kennedy &quot;mystique&quot; had something to do with it as well. People continued to &quot;save&quot; them. Thats how I remember it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the original topic, a US dollar coin will NEVER circulate as long as they continue to print paper dollars.&nbsp; Most people could care less what their money</p><p>looks like. The ugliness of the SBA, or the newness of the Sac and proposed</p><p>presidential coins will have little to do with whether a dollar coin circulates.</p><p>If they continue to refuse to retire the paper dollar, no dollar coin will circulate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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