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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 838903, member: 22476&quot;]Hey,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t know if this was already discussed or not but, are there any types of vending machines that take half dollars? I remembered someone here or somewhere saying that post office stamp machines dispensed halves as needed, but in all of the years using a stamp machine (which was over 10 years ago) it would spit out SBAs quarters, dimes, nickels, and I believe, even cents at one time.&nbsp; I have never had a half dispensed from a stamp machine that I remembered, and I asked my dad about it as well, and I don&#039;t remember what he said, but I think he said he doesn&#039;t remember getting any either.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know that some slot machines may take halves at casinos, and I know for a fact that most (all?) CoinStar coin return machines do. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do the coin return machines in banks accept halves? You know, the ones that I&#039;ve heard about that are supposedly free. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I might have seen a coin return machine at the bank before, but I was never close enough to the machine to check it out. Maybe next time I&#039;ll check. But I don&#039;t go to the bank too much anymore. They usually always tell me &quot;We don&#039;t have any $2s, halves or $1 coins, and we can&#039;t order them either&quot; Now, I hear a LOT of people say &quot;That is not true. The bank must provide YOU the CUSTOMER with whatever denomination you want, that is currently in circulation&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyway, one more point I&#039;d like to make, in the form of a question, is, if CoinStar was able to upgrade their machines to accept dollars and halves, can&#039;t self checkouts be upgraded to take halves as well? I mean, like I said, the coin slot comfortably fits halves, so, I&#039;m thinking that the company that makes self checkout machines had the idea of accepting halves, so, why can&#039;t retailers just have their self checkout dealer come out and add a half dollar tube to each machine? Sure, it would cost &quot;some&quot; money, but I think if these retailers had the self checkout company program their machines to also &quot;dispense&quot; halves (and $2 bills) it would pay off in the long run as a coin denomination larger than the quarter takes off, and a bill slightly larger than the $1 takes off. With in flation, this idea probably is very workable. More workable than $1 coins replacing $1 bills at the moment, obviously.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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