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<p>[QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 1318324, member: 22476"]The whole idea is to get people interested in halves (and $2 bills) once they are handed out to many people, they might start to circulate, at least in a small area, as some people in some area have already done with $2 bills (never understood why I never heard any stories about an area sucessfully circulating halves or small dollars, but I do know people have tried, but I think the reason for the half was "A big clunky coin that does not work in many vending machines", and for the small dollar "Could I have a dollar bill instead, please?" :rollling<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, if OI become sucessful, and start to see $2 bills and halves start to actually circulate by the few, and I am doing good, moneywise, I may ask a few vending and self checkout operators in the area if they want my help to get their machines to accept $2 bills and halves. Then, maybe it would grow out further and further until the entire U.S. was covered with vending and self checkout machines that accept and dispense $2 bills and halves as needed. It may be just a pipe dream, but hey, I may have better hopes with $2 bills and halves than dollar coin advocates do with replacing the $1 bill with the dollar coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I gotcha Gary. Thanks for your opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 1318324, member: 22476"]The whole idea is to get people interested in halves (and $2 bills) once they are handed out to many people, they might start to circulate, at least in a small area, as some people in some area have already done with $2 bills (never understood why I never heard any stories about an area sucessfully circulating halves or small dollars, but I do know people have tried, but I think the reason for the half was "A big clunky coin that does not work in many vending machines", and for the small dollar "Could I have a dollar bill instead, please?" :rollling:) Well, if OI become sucessful, and start to see $2 bills and halves start to actually circulate by the few, and I am doing good, moneywise, I may ask a few vending and self checkout operators in the area if they want my help to get their machines to accept $2 bills and halves. Then, maybe it would grow out further and further until the entire U.S. was covered with vending and self checkout machines that accept and dispense $2 bills and halves as needed. It may be just a pipe dream, but hey, I may have better hopes with $2 bills and halves than dollar coin advocates do with replacing the $1 bill with the dollar coin. I gotcha Gary. Thanks for your opinions.[/QUOTE]
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