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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;softmentor, post: 1830696, member: 10469&quot;]Yes, I know that every .50 from 2002 was in a mint set or proof set. (I do find them in circulation though, maybe 10 in every box of $500.00) You say the mint had 35M, got rid of some in 2004, but not all.</p><p>Is there any way to find out if the mint sold/released any more of their &quot;old stock&quot; 2001&#039;s?</p><p>MLov I&#039;m old enough to remember when .50 were still in circulation. After 1964, people started grabbing them out of circulation for the silver value. When they started making all clad (no silver content) .50 in 1971, it was too late, people had already stopped using the .50 for pocket money. and so the end of its era as a circulation coin. The mint kept making them and trying to get them into circulation all the way up through 2001 but it never did come back.</p><p>and yes, I&#039;m one of those coin nerds that gives them out at change. : )</p><p>I use them at my farmers market where I sell the dates I grow and people love getting them but I get the feeling they hold them, and don&#039;t keep circulating them. There are also commemorative .50&#039;s and I find one of those once in a rare while, even though they are not &quot;circulation&quot; issue either.</p><p>Is there any way to find out if the mint sold/released any more of their &quot;old stock&quot; 2001&#039;s?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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