coins

[CHRISTINE27]

i have two us coins totaling 55 cents. ine is not a nickle. what are the coins?

[Quizmonster]

A 5 cent coin - a nickel - and a 50 cent coin. (One is not a nickel but the other is!)

[HAnn521]

There are no 50-cent US coins! (anymore)

[kempie]

Oh yes there are. The current version has had the same design since 1964 (JFK).

http://www.answers.com/topic/united-states-half-dollar-coin

[Ouisch]

They're not that common, but there are still 50 cent coins in the US.  Same with the dollar coins.  They aren't accepted in vending machines, most cash drawers don't have a slot for either of them, yada yada, so they don't get circulated very much.

 

PS  The usual way I hear this question is "I have two coins totalling 30 cents, one of them is not a nickel.  What are the coins?"  That way, the answer is a quarter and a nickel.

[kempie]

How many times can people write "not legal tender" without offering proof.

31 U.S.C.A. (2004), section 5112, which reads (in part):

(a) The Secretary of the Treasury may mint and issue only the following coins:
(1) a dollar coin that is 1.043 inches in diameter.
(2) a half dollar coin that is 1.205 inches in diameter and weighs 11.34 grams.
(3) a quarter dollar coin that is 0.955 inch in diameter and weights 5.67 grams.
(4) a dime coin that is 0.705 inch in diameter and weighs 2.268 grams.
(5) a 5-cent coin that is 0.835 inch in diameter and weighs 5 grams.
(6) except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, a one-cent coin that is 0.75 inch in diameter and weighs 3.11 grams.
(7) A fifty dollar gold coin that is 32.7 millimeters in diameter, weighs 33.931 grams, and contains one troy ounce of fine gold.
(8) A twenty-five dollar gold coin that is 27.0 millimeters in diameter, weighs 16.966 grams, and contains one-half troy ounce of fine gold.
(9) A ten dollar gold coin that is 22.0 millimeters in diameter, weighs 8.483 grams, and contains one-fourth troy ounce of fine gold.
(10) A five dollar gold coin that is 16.5 millimeters in diameter, weighs 3.393 grams, and contains one-tenth troy ounce of fine gold.

[Fern57]

I have just asked my friend who lives in California.

^Fern says:
Do you still have half dollar coins?
coffee says:
yes

I think she would know. (o:

[Ouisch]

Merchants do accept them, and they must, by law.  Just like $2 bills.  They're not all that common, but they are still legal tender, and are an acceptable form of payment.  (I always make sure when I use one of those dollar coins to point out to the person that it's not a quarter, since they're about the same size.  Just like the 50 cent piece, dollar coins are not widely used, but they still by law must be accepted as valid currency.)