| The shopkeeper did up the parcel, handed it me across the counter, took the half-dollar coin I gave him, and I left the shop. |
| And each, as she laid her half-dollar down, was distinctly aware of how many pieces of fancy starch were represented by the coin. |
| No more could you find the half-dollar I dropped just now, unless I helped you. |
| With that kind of math, it's a little like playing nickel slots with half-dollar coins. |
| I have a half-dollar of his, which I often carry in my pocket. |
| It would be a half-dollar at most, easily made up with one slick deal in a poker game. |
