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Message:: [QUOTE="CoinOKC, post: 148081, member: 2146"]I was born in the early 1960's, so I don't remember anything other than the occasional silver dime.  I never saw a Walking Liberty Half Dollar until I started collecting coins when I was about 10 years old.  As a matter of fact, I don't remember seeing any Franklin Halves, either. I remember the first time I saw a Walking Liberty; I thought it was the most beautiful coin I'd ever seen.  It still ranks among the most beautiful, surpassed only by the Buffalo Nickel, in my opinion. My mom and her friend took a trip to Las Vegas in 1973 and she brought back a Morgan Dollar for me.  She said that Morgan Dollars were used in the casinos in the slot machines.  The dollar had a small, black sticker on the back sort of in the shape of a star.  I suppose that's how the casino could tell it was one of theirs. It's strange to think that Morgan Dollars were actually being used as recently as 1973 (perhaps even later for all I know).  They probably switched to Ike Dollars during that time period and the Morgans were eventually phased out.  I still have that Morgan Dollar, though, and it's one of my most prized possessions. But, as far as circulating coins when I was growing up:  It was all Lincoln cents, Jefferson nickels, Roosevelt dimes and Washington quarters for me![/QUOTE]