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Half Dollar in Change
MarkInDavis
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I got a half dollar in change yesterday. Nothing special just a 2024 D in AU/BU. I think it has been well over a decade, maybe two, since I received a half dollar in change.
Respectfully, Mark 5
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I gather them from the register tills at work and use them for tips. We gotta keep them in circulation!
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Back when I was a bartender in college (I am dating myself, but it was 1976), we had rolls of the bicentennial half dollars. A gallon of gas was 56 cents. A shot (or mixed drink) was $1.50 for premium booze. (there has been 7x inflation since then, so do the math!). We gave the 50 cent change with a new Bicentennial half, and got a dollar back usually. We never got the half dollar back in change or a tip, but we made up for it in business at the bar.
I think that today if someone gave me one of the new half dollars in change I would get down on my knees.