I went into one of my penny banks yesterday and asked if they had any pennies. Yes, some. "and another customer just turned in $150 in halves." Okay, let me see.
They were all 1997 D BU halves in plastic tubes!! Interesting!!
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams