Have commemorative half dollars ever had any influance in mintage numbers of regular half dollars???

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• cladking Posts: 28,750 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 10, 2005 8:42AM

  Probably not immediately but any one that circulated would have led a regular
  issue not to be minted. While many of these saw some circulation only the Col-
  umbian saw widespread circulation.

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• Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭

  December 10, 2005 9:53AM

  
  
  << <i>Probably not immediately but any one that circulated would have led a regular
  issue not to be minted. While many of these saw some circulation only the Col-
  umbian saw widespread circulation. >>
  
  
  
  Would the US mint have any higher mintages when the commemoratives weren't minted?? Or were they just minted for the $$$$??
  
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• Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭

  December 12, 2005 10:37PM

  Nobody??

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,903 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 12, 2005 11:19PM

  After the Columbian Exposition closed, a large number of unsold commemorative half dollars were released into circulation at face value. I'm sure that this reduced the number of half dollars that needed to be struck that year.

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• 291fifth Posts: 24,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 13, 2005 12:08AM

  Probably not, though some effect was possible back in the 1890's when the excess Columbians were released into circulation.

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