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The vending machines at my work take dollar coins so I usually keep a handful in my desk to feed the machines as coins work better than bills. I recall awhile back taking a couple coins and placing t… (View Post)

Yes on the half dollars for five ounces but with a catch, subsection x (the women’s coins) appear to only be for quarters and that program runs first. So half dollars with new designs potentially onl… (View Post)

Below is the language from the 2020 Coin Redesign bill that authorizes 5 oz quarters and half dollars. Note, however, the ‘Crossing the Delaware’ quarter is not part of this bill, so a 5 ouncer for t… (View Post)

I read the other day that the initial legislation for the Ike dollar was supposed to have “We came in peace for all mankind” on the reverse along with the Apollo 11 mission patch design. The mint wis… (View Post)

Commemorative in a layman’s sense versus a numismatist’s, I think. The Ike dollar, like the Kennedy half, was issued shortly after the general’s death and was thought of as a ‘commemorative coin’ in … (View Post)