# What happened to 50-cent pieces? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 21, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-50-cent-pieces/442256 "2008-03-21T19:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-50-cent-pieces/442256/61 "2008-04-08T16:28:15Z")
Price granularity is an important aspect of our economy. Where would we be if my grandma can’t comparison shop for beans? Where, I tell you?! A quarter being the lowest denomination sounds a bit extreme, but a dime should do it. Anyway, what do people think of making all the coins smaller? Why are coins so big, anyway? I guess at one time they had to actually be worth something in raw metal, but that’s as much an outdated notion now as it was in rome. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-50-cent-pieces/442256/62 "2008-04-08T16:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] (3) Withdraw the dollar bill – maybe Ted Kennedy (Any relation?) will have passed on by then and it will be possible. [/QUOTE] Yes, in fact big relation. You can find Ted in this Kennedy family tree: > **[Category:Kennedy family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Kennedy_family)** > > This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. > The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Along with Arnold Schwartzenegger. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-50-cent-pieces/442256/63 "2008-04-08T16:44:05Z")
I mean, is the John W. Kennedy of Doper fame related to the Senator (and all the others). Of course I fully understand if he doesn’t wish to tell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-50-cent-pieces/442256.md?page=3)