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

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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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Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 2:36 PM
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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.

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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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