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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1185528, member: 66&quot;]Simple answer for the early coins is that the half dollar was the largest regular circulating coin.&nbsp; Silver dollars were made at the time of the Columbian exposition and during the early twenty&#039;s period of the commemorative halves, but they didn&#039;t circulate.&nbsp; There were no silver dollars minted during the 1918 - 20 period or during them major commemorative half dollar period of 1936 and later.&nbsp; This would seem to make the half dollar the logical choice.&nbsp; As for why the moderns use silver dollars it probably comes more from the collectors interest in silver dollars, real silver dollars, combined with the lack of circulation of the half dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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