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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 7953679, member: 103207&quot;]Half dollars were used heavily in commerce until the Kennedy half dollars were struck.&nbsp; And then silver was pulled.&nbsp; In my opinion if the Kennedy half was never struck for circulation and the Franklin half was continued even in clad we would still be using the half dollar as it was before 1964.&nbsp; However, because Kennedy&#039;s murder was such a shock and for some odd reason people were in love with Kennedy so when the Kennedy was issued it was the end of the half dollar.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kennedy was a good president but, because he was murdered he took on a mythically image.&nbsp; Because of that almost every 1964 half was horded as were those struck up to 1969.&nbsp; By that point it was game over for the half dollar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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