The infiltration of the half-dollar in our currency system has
got to stop.
What is a college student supposed to do with a coin that big?
I asked this of
the lady in the ticket booth at the NRV mall's Regal Cinemas
when she handed me
the monstrous coin. She told me that it was all they had. I
asked her for
dimes, and she refused saying that she had to get rid of the
things.
Is this right? Are companies now capitalizing on silver
dollars, knowing that
their visitors will take those monstrosities to the snack bar to
get rid of,
dumping money back in their pockets? Whose sick idea was this?
These coins
are not good for much of anything. The value most people place
on the 50-cent
piece is much less than 50 cents, because the convenience is no
longer there.
Want to make a phone call? Sorry! Want to play a video game?
Sorry!! Take
it to any vendor, and most likely they will ask you what that
over-sized
quarter really is. They have to take it though-Money is money.
$100 in
pennies is $100 regardless. It doesn't mean though that I have
to like it.
The 50-cent piece is the most worthless form of currency our
great nation has
pumped out of its treasury. It is time to stop the circulation
of this poor
excuse for a half-dollar. If you go to the NRV mall to watch a
flick, please
save yourself. Come with exact change.
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Name:shaun Major: psych Comments:
As a cash office worker at Kmart, I have to say that I despise the half dollar and its illy conceived cousin, the Susan B. Anthony dollar. First, I always forget that they are in my drawer - it's not like I can spin them in the modernized change machine in my office. Second, people annoy me all the time asking me if I have any they can buy. People, they're not worth any more than face value. Right on, Brian.
Comments:
I agree with ghost
Name:John Helm Major: math Comments:
I love half-dollars.
I will take them off your
hands -- even give you a
quarter apiece for them.
Name: Brian (author) Comments:
LOL! Thanks for your support, bro! hehehe
Name: Michael Korte Comments:
For the next time we see a movie Brian, 2 Words: Penny Rolls.
That'll learn em'
Name:James Andrews Comments:
brian brian brian if you want to get rid of those 50 cent pieces just send them to me.
Comments:
I love 'em. after spending time in europe and using mostly change a lot of the time ( over there they have change equivelnt to the dollar in common currency) whereas we have quarters as common currency and wedont use are dollor and half dollars. If you all ahve extra ones I'd be glad to take them off your hands. for free
Comments:
I agree Brian. Those things suck.
Name: Ghost Comments:
If you don't have anything more wrong in your life than to complain about having money (doesn't matter what form it's in when you don't have enough of it), then you are doing pretty good. If it disturbs you that much, to have 50 cent pieces, then leave them laying on the ground or the parking lot, where the rest of us can stop and pick them up. Not all of us have a mommy and daddy who gives us everything we want, the way we want it.
Bottom line: quit griping. Things could be a lot worse.
