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Message:: [QUOTE="W5WMW, post: 1303120, member: 25413"]Several questions for our older forum members regarding circulation (USA) To the seniors ("seniors" used loosely, since some questions require older people than others) here who had first-hand experience, I have a few questions about currency in the United States: 1.  How well did the half-dollar circulate before the design change to the Kennedy half?  Compare how often you would see them to how often you saw quarters at the time.  Was there a slow drop in usage before the change in design or was it sudden? 2.  Same questions as above, only about the silver dollars (pre-Ikes).  Compare with quarters and half-dollars.  Slow or sudden? 3.  Same questions as above, only about pre-1964 $2 bills.  Compare with $1 notes and $5 notes.  Slow or sudden? 4.  $10000 and $5000 notes were made in very small quantities and were probably mostly used between banks.  But there were lots of $500 and $1000 notes printed.  They're print runs lasted for roughly 15 years (IIRC), and recalled in the late 1960s.  How often did you see them used, or use them yourselves?  Do you have any interesting stories about them and their use, etc.? 5.  When did the $20 note become our "default" currency?  Were there a more spread-out use of bills before a certain time?  Currently, $2s, $10s, and $50s are printed and used in significantly smaller quantities than the other notes. 6.  How often did United States Notes pop up, in the middle of the 1900s (circa 1930 to 1970)?  $2s, $5s, and $100s.  Any other obsolete notes such as National Currency appear in circulation in the same time frame?  What about Silver Certificates after they were no longer able to be traded for silver around 1970? I, and others, appreciate your responses, so we can find out about how things were.  We don't want that information to be gone forever.  Sorry to ask for so much at a time, and thank you.[/QUOTE]

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