Today, I can hand someone a half dollar, and often they are not sure what it is. I don't think of them as blind or stupid. It tells me that they don't see half dollars much if at all.
"Word got around, incorrectly, that the government would be recalling all of the without 'cents' pieces and large numbers of this type were hoarded. As a result of the hoarding, many of the examples that can be found are in excellent condition, but many of them have weak strikes."
' I spent some Kennedy halves and some 2010 ATB quarters at a local Sonic drive-thru and the cashier turned to her manager and asked what they were.