"half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of an IBM 5100 using OCR

[Paul Anderson]

The banks I go to usually have a pretty good selection.  Every once in a
while I'll get a surprise from a teller who has been saving something
special for me for a few days. If asked nicely, some tellers will watch for
things for you.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 12:37 AM John Herron via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> This is interesting. How long ago was that out of curiosity? I keep
> thinking to ask my bank if they have any dollar coins or half dollar rolls
> (probably doing them a favor by trading for more common currency) same with
> $2 bills. Might as well get them before they're really out of circulation
> unless that already happened.
>
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 2:47 PM Electronics Plus via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > Just for fun, I went to the bank and bought about $1000 in half dollar
> and
> > dollar coins. My son collects them, and we went through them all. We did
> > find some silver half dollars. The ones we are not keeping now go to
> > whatever fast food or corner store is needed. Some like them, some hate
> > them! Most tell me they have not seen them in years.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of TeoZ
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> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 2:36 PM
> > To: Chuck Guzis; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> > Subject: Re: "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of an
> > IBM 5100 using OCR
> >
> > I have not seen any half dollars in circulation in some time. They are
> > just
> > too big to fit in people skinny jeans these days.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 3:18 PM
> > To: Fred Cisin via cctalk
> > Subject: Re: OT: "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of
> > an
> > IBM 5100 using OCR
> >
> > On 6/28/19 9:57 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> > >>> I saw this half-dollar sized plastic fob on the desk and asked what
> > >>> it was for.
> >
> > The big failure of the Susan B. Anthony coin was that it was about the
> > same size (slightly different shape) as a quarter-dollar coin, causing
> > people to mistake them as such on occasion.
> >
> > It was *extremely* unpopular.
> >
> > FWIW, I just checked my "loose change" container that sits atop my
> > bedroom dresser.  There were two Kennedy half-dollars--one from 1968 and
> > the other from 1983.  I suspect that a great many are still in
> > circulation.
> >
> > --Chuck
> >
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