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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1569164, member: 4703&quot;]My recollection may be off by a few years, but as I recall half dollars were in general circulation at least into the mid-late 1950s, and to some extent right up to 1964, when all US coinage except the cent and nickel was debased.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a complete set of Walkers by date and mint, of which all but three were pulled from my own pocket change.&nbsp; My complete set of Franklins is entirely from pocket change.&nbsp; I quit actively collecting US coins in the mid-&#039;60s so my Kennedy collection has many holes.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other had, except as birthday gifts in the &#039;30s/&#039;40&#039;s, and when visiting Sin City, Nevada, I never saw dollar coins in general circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Mr. roll searcher - quit picking on Doug.&nbsp; For Pete sake, he is barely old enough to qualify for senior discounts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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