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Naval Academy uses half dollars at football stadium!

12voltman12voltman Posts: 120 ✭
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This past Saturday took a family trip to Annapolis to watch Navy crush VMI 31-3 and visit our nephew who's a plebe this year. When I went to the concession stand I was surprised to get a half dollar back as my change. I looked over the counter and saw they had rolls of them. That's when I noticed everything was priced either as an even dollar amount or a half so the Kennedys were the only coins in the drawer. I guess half dollars haven't been totally abandoned.
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    and a nice campus, too.


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    ShortgapbobShortgapbob Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭
    They use half dollars for change at Mountaineer Field for West Virginia football games as well.
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like the concessioneers put on their thinking caps "time is money" in that game.

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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool!
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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,528 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Might have some connection to the fact that JFK was a Navy veteran, even though he did not attend the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love Half time image

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
    At our parish fish fry during Lent I sell tickets for the ice cream concession. The various options are multiples of 50 cents, so people buy one, two, three, four or five 50 cent tickets. This year I brought $2 bills and rolls of halves for the cash box and people loved them.
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    DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,446 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Spent about $15 in halves last week myself. My bartenders with kids love them.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,379 ✭✭✭✭✭
    its good to hear that there some use being in it for them image
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    CEOcoinshopcomCEOcoinshopcom Posts: 350 ✭
    Another plus, instead of quarters..... If you say "keep the change", you make 4 bits, instead of 2!
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    coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ah....my alma mater doing good things. image

    Haven't been back since I graduated, but now that I am on the East Coast, and heading to DC in June which is even closer, I will be getting to a game or three.

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    Snowman24Snowman24 Posts: 469 ✭✭✭
    Syracuse University Carrier Dome uses half dollars too

    well .... least they did last year season and the prior years too

    i'll have to check this season when i go
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    badhop55badhop55 Posts: 178 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ah....my alma mater doing good things. image

    Haven't been back since I graduated, but now that I am on the East Coast, and heading to DC in June which is even closer, I will be getting to a game or three. >>



    Class of '72 here. Been back once in '78.
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    cladkingcladking Posts: 30,337 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All the casinos went to their own tokens so theyu could get the profit normally reserved for the government.

    I bet college football has as much clout in Washington now as the casinos used to.
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    mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭✭
    Adjusting prices to 50 cent increments? The "we need pennies!" people are going to be very unhappy with this development. image

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