Current Events > I literally just got a fucking Kennedy half dollar coin as change from a cashier

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NeonOctopus
07/27/21 2:10:15 PM
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bigblu89
07/27/21 2:12:10 PM
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Depending on the year, could be worth a lot more than 50 cents.

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SiO4
07/27/21 2:17:12 PM
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That's kinda cool.

Did you look at his neck?
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NeonOctopus
07/27/21 2:18:38 PM
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I left it in my car but I'll take a look at it later. Is it worth something decent or only a few bucks?

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Scorsese2002
07/27/21 2:20:25 PM
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NeonOctopus posted...
I left it in my car but I'll take a look at it later. Is it worth something decent or only a few bucks?


IIRC, they used to make it with silver, cant remember the year that they stopped though, wanna say sometime in the 60s

Could be totally wrong though
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lww99
07/27/21 2:20:27 PM
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Depends on the proof. Could be $10, could be $3800.

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kuwab0
07/27/21 2:25:29 PM
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NeonOctopus
07/27/21 2:27:44 PM
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SiO4
07/27/21 2:27:49 PM
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Scorsese2002 posted...


IIRC, they used to make it with silver, cant remember the year that they stopped though, wanna say sometime in the 60s

Could be totally wrong though


I think the cut-off for that is like, '65...I was going to say. '64, the year Kennedy was shot.

Silver coins stand out if you are looking for them....and if you are not sure you can always look at the coins side.

Fun fact, Coin Star Machines, last I knew, rejected them.
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Scorsese2002
07/27/21 2:45:42 PM
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SiO4 posted...


I think the cut-off for that is like, '65...I was going to say. '64, the year Kennedy was shot.

Silver coins stand out if you are looking for them....and if you are not sure you can always look at the coins side.

Fun fact, Coin Star Machines, last I knew, rejected them.


That or you can take them to a coin place for them to confirm it but they tend to screw ya on the price, better to shop around

And JFK was shot in 63
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SiO4
07/27/21 2:50:38 PM
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Scorsese2002 posted...


That or you can take them to a coin place for them to confirm it but they tend to screw ya on the price, better to shop around

And JFK was shot in 63


You are correct...

I always think of that because when The Beatles came to America it was '64, and there was a wtf factor about The States.

A Thousand Days, we've never actually recovered as a nation.
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Shotgunnova
07/27/21 3:19:52 PM
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I once got a half-penny as change from McDonald's.

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Alteres
07/27/21 3:25:33 PM
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When I was growing up in Minnesota there was always some Canadian coins floating around, no one cared, everyone just used them like normal.

Not the same thing, but Ive thought back on it before and found it kinda funny.

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SiO4
07/27/21 3:26:40 PM
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Shotgunnova posted...
I once got a half-penny as change from McDonald's.


That would be awesome!!

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The Popo
07/27/21 3:34:30 PM
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Like 8 years ago, I went with a group of guys to a Wolverines game at Michigan as part of a bachelor party. To my surprise, everything at the concessions has a price that either ends in $.00 or $.50, and all cent change was done with half dollars.

It was probably the first time Id seen one in over a decade. Neat idea. Keeps transactions simple, and the half dollar felt like a novelty.

Shotgunnova posted...
I once got a half-penny as change from McDonald's.

When I was in high school, I worked at a grocery store as a cashier. Someone paid with a $2 bill at one point, so I had it in my register. As the day went on, I ran low on singles, and asked a manager to rebalance my register. Before it could be done, I ran out of singles, and I tried to give a customer change with the $2 bill. The person raged on me for trying to rip them off with fake money. It took other customers in line to calm the person down and convince him that it was legit.

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SiO4
07/27/21 3:45:16 PM
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The Popo posted...
The person raged on me for trying to rip them off with fake money. It took other customers in line to calm the person down and convince him that it was legit.


LMAO, what a dipshit.
That's actually a funny story!!

...Fuck nowadays just using cash seems like a novelty.
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spikethedevil
07/27/21 3:47:22 PM
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NeonOctopus posted...
It was definitely 70s one >_>

How does that work when he was killed in 63?

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SiO4
07/27/21 3:56:40 PM
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spikethedevil posted...


How does that work when he was killed in 63?


They kept minting them.
Then Susan B. Anthony came along and pissed all over the whole show.
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NeonOctopus
07/27/21 3:57:31 PM
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Remember that Native American dollar coin in the early 00s.

What happened to that? >_>

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The Popo
07/27/21 4:00:50 PM
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NeonOctopus posted...
Remember that Native American dollar coin in the early 00s.

What happened to that? >_>

The Sacagawea. Its still minted to this day, although not circulated to the public.

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NeonOctopus
07/27/21 4:02:02 PM
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The Popo posted...
The Sacagawea. Its still minted to this day, although not circulated to the public.
Why even mint it then? Like the $2 bill, it just seems like a waste if you aren't going to circulate it >_>

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gna647
07/27/21 4:02:46 PM
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I still have my 1960s silver dollar with the eagle moon landing on the back of it

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The Popo
07/27/21 4:03:43 PM
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NeonOctopus posted...
Why even mint it then? Like the $2 bill, it just seems like a waste if you aren't going to circulate it >_>

Collectors pay for them

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