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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 1436775, member: 22&quot;]I don&#039;t know why the US does not use more Halves, apart from the regular issue Kennedy Half and the Bicentennial the others were silver or commemoratives.</p><p>As for Dollar coins like the Ike, the SBA and the Sacs there is an alternative, the $1 Bill.</p><p>If they got rid of the $1 bill then the coins would be used.</p><p>Here the £1 coin replaced the £1 note and the 50 Pence coin replaced the 10 Shilling note so people had to use them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since then we have had the £2 coin which has proved to be very popular.</p><p><br /></p><p>They regularly change the reverse design on 50 Pences and £2 coins to keep them interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I often get British banknotes of all denominations when I buy collections of coins and notes.</p><p>The tatty ones I just change for face value and keep the good ones for my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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