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Message:: [QUOTE="Eaglefawn, post: 2569474, member: 82237"]Doc I respectfully disagree...honestly I think people do love the larger coins...not as pocket change we know, but they have hung onto & continue to hang onto every 1/2 dollar they can find which I believe is why they're never in circulation. Millions (with a B) were minted, as we all well know, from the earliest to the last JFK's, yet I know at my bank the tellers have have told me people ask them to hang onto any 1/2 dollar or $2.00 bill that crosses the counter. These people aren't collectors who are seeking MS or PF coins, they don't care that the coins are even "very" circulated, there are just some coins John Q Public hoards for their own specific reason(s) maybe nostalgia, cuz it's the first coin a loved one gave to them as a Kid, maybe because it was the largest circulating coin (for a while) maybe for the history of the person profiled, or maybe just because it made them feel rich as a Kid & and they like the heaft of the coin in their hand. As for the uselessness of the almost quarter size current $1 coin...can't be used for much anywhere, doesn't say Keep me I'm special, and while it's far sharper than the SBA...it doesn't take one's breath away on contact. I don't therefore think the vast majority of the people don't want it, but I agree it's never going to happen...who listens to the majority these days?[/QUOTE]