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[Stefan]

Well... TECHNICALLY, there is such thing as a $0.50 coin... they're just uncommon... (I'm 90% sure... the other 10% thinks it's a silver dollar...)

EDIT: HAHA!!! I found it!THE HALF DOLLAR!!!!

So what? You're not getting it, are you? (nice find, though, even if it's not what we're talking about (btw, you screwed up the URL))

 

[cpt.Justice]

the Poch-man gets his enjoyment from seeing stupidity and gets his fulfillment from (trying to) fix stupidity

Yes, it's a big source of joy (not the only one, though). Another example: In a nearby restaurant there's a toy car for kids to ride and a sign saying to put in a "0.50 cent coin" to turn it on. I already told them that that doesn't exist but they didn't fix it, so I'm going to attach my own sign mocking theirs.

Well... TECHNICALLY, there is such thing as a $0.50 coin... they're just uncommon... (I'm 90% sure... the other 10% thinks it's a silver dollar...)

EDIT: HAHA!!! I found it!THE HALF DOLLAR!!!!

Fail

 

[AvGalen]

(also, 0.50 cent coins do exist but they aren't current anymore)

Can you show an example? I had even done a quick google image search before I posted, but didn't find any.

I have a physical one in my birth album. I think that one is from 1960-1970 era but it could be older. Some more are listed here and here. I don't know if there are german ones as well though

 

[Tim Reynolds]

Well... TECHNICALLY, there is such thing as a $0.50 coin... they're just uncommon... (I'm 90% sure... the other 10% thinks it's a silver dollar...)

EDIT: HAHA!!! I found it!THE HALF DOLLAR!!!!

So what? You're not getting it, are you? (nice find, though, even if it's not what we're talking about (btw, you screwed up the URL))

For people who still don't get it,
http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html

 

[Johannes91]

THE HALF CENT!!!!

 

[Stefan]

I have a physical one in my birth album. I think that one is from 1960-1970 era but it could be older. Some more are listed here

Yeah, I also just searched for "half cent" instead of "0.5 cent" and found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_cent

But I believe the Euro symbol is printed next to it, and I believe a half Euro cent coin doesn't exist. Wait... with the symbol it would be ambiguous. Gotta check. Anyway, since I'm in the middle of Europe and Germany uses the Euro, it's clear from context that the currency is the Euro.

 

[blah]

I have a physical one in my birth album. I think that one is from 1960-1970 era but it could be older. Some more are listed here

Yeah, I also just searched for "half cent" instead of "0.5 cent" and found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_cent

But I believe the Euro symbol is printed next to it, and I believe a half Euro cent coin doesn't exist. Wait... with the symbol it would be ambiguous. Gotta check. Anyway, since I'm in the middle of Europe and Germany uses the Euro, it's clear from context that the currency is the Euro.

My granduncle has a huge collection of 1/4 cent and 1/2 cent and 3/4 cent coins from the colonial era, yeah the fraction is actually engraved onto the coin. So yeah they exist, I've seen them. But obviously the Euro didn't exist sixty years ago. They're probably British cents/pennies? :rolleyes:

 

[Thieflordz5]

OOPS... sorry... I feel so stupid I thought you were talking about a $.50 coin instead of a .50 cent...
I've seen the video and what they're saying... it's sad really...

At least I REALIZED my mistake...

 

[Deleted member 2864]

Even if there were .5 cents in euros, I doubt the machine would accept it

 

[Dene]

A half dollar isn't hard to find... It's one of the coins of the NZ currency. (10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2).

 

[Bryan]

In a nearby restaurant there's a toy car for kids to ride and a sign saying to put in a "0.50 cent coin" to turn it on. I already told them that that doesn't exist but they didn't fix it, so I'm going to attach my own sign mocking theirs.

Like: "A combination of a 0.37 and 0.13 coin is also acceptable."?

 

[Kian]

In a nearby restaurant there's a toy car for kids to ride and a sign saying to put in a "0.50 cent coin" to turn it on. I already told them that that doesn't exist but they didn't fix it, so I'm going to attach my own sign mocking theirs.

Like: "A combination of a 0.37 and 0.13 coin is also acceptable."?

Or: "This ride requires two American coins that add up to 30 cents. And one of them isn't a quarter."

 

[qqwref]

I have an American half cent from 1809... pretty bad condition but it's really cool to have one, since my country stopped making half-cent coins in 1857. I've also got quite a few British fractional cents, which are understandably much more common since they were still making them relatively recently. According to Wikipedia Britain abandoned the 1/4 cent (farthing) in 1960 and the 1/2 cent (halfpenny) in 1969.

I've never heard of a 1/2 Euro cent coin, though, so Pochmann is of course in the right

Have you guys heard of http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html ? I think you'd find it's funny and in a similar vein to this topic. (That's just the first post, there are many later ones in the same story.)

 

[JBCM627]

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do
If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you!