Show government TO QUIT COINAGE OF HALF DOLLARS halt dollars like silver dollars will be unknown within a few years according to robert J grant boss of the united states mints the smaller dollar bill soon to be placed in circulation will accelerate the exit of the silver dollar and according to grant people would rather have two quarters than one half dollar no half dollars have been coined in the east in the last six years and the coinage of silver dollars has almost stopped an effort was made two years ago to popularize the silver dollar and 10 million of them were coined and put into circulation but in only a few weeks they were all back in the banks |