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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 2813342, member: 307&quot;]While I agree that my choice of words could have been more clear, the meaning was not as clouded as you suggest.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Nova Constellatios are patterns, not coins. They were not minted for commerce, nor were they coin of the realm. The 1792 Half Dismes were minted under constitutional authority and were the first US coins minted to be used as money.</p><p><br /></p><p>No, I didn&#039;t need to hold the coin by the edges as it was in a PCGS slab and therefore was laying flat in the <b> palm of my hand</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is that clearer Oddjob?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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