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

[Paul Anderson]

I have US half dollar coins (JFK) trom 2017, and maybe later they were in
proof sets, unc sets, and banks should have them for general circulation.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 12:50 AM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> I think that half-dollar and small dollar are still officially in
> circulation.  You might have to ask your bank to ORDER.
> I think that they stopped minting half dollar in 2002, when they decided
> that they had enough inventory to meet foreseeable needs.
>
> Half-dollar would presumably be all Kennedy.  Walking Liberty is now R at RE.
>
> Small dollar would be commemorative presidents, with some random Susan B.
> Anthony, Scajewea, Native American small dollars mixed in.  But, don't you
> want to collact EVERY president?  :-)
> Cartwheels (large dollar) are not in circulation much.
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, John Herron via cctalk 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
> >>
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> >> 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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