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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 212881, member: 4552&quot;]A few suggestions. Find someone that works in a bank, find a neighbor or friend that has a relative working in a bank or just go to a certain bank frequently and be freindly and talk to lots of people there so they get to know you. The reason I say this is most likely they do have halves but they are in a vault and to go get them is a pain in the you know what. Then there is the holding up lines of people for those halves. </p><p>I have small accounts in numerous banks in the area. I make sure I go to most of them frequently. I make sure they remember me by always saying hello, how are you, and things like that. Cashing checks or getting a cashiers check helps them remember you. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Yesterday I stopped in one of the banks that I do not go to often and asked if they had any half dollars in rolls. I went to a teller I knew would remember me from asking in the past. She frowned, asked the teller next to her and she had none. She then asked if I really wanted halves or the new dollars. I said halves. She had to lock up, go to a vault somewhere in the back, came back with 10 rolls of halves, asked again if I would like some of the new dollar coins, noticed the line was now getting long for a teller. I smilled, thanked her lots and lots and she smiled and said lets not make a habit of this. I asked why the push for the new dollars. She said they had lots of them and not to many people want them. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The moral of the story is I&#039;ve found out that many banks do have halves but if they are back in the vault, you&#039;ld better be a nice customer or a relative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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