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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26185661, member: 101855&quot;]Probably three-quarters of the 1792 half dismes were owned by Jefferson at some point. The latest research showed that Jefferson had $75 worth of Spanish dollars turned into 1,500 half dimes before he set out of Monticello in July 1792. The coins were made at the shop of artisan John Harper in Philadelphia under Jefferson’s supervision. He handed out part or all of them as tips on his journey to Virginia.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the fall, the first mint received the dies and made perhaps as many as 500 more. Those coins have rust spots (late date state) which can be used to distinguish them from the earlier pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p>The price of these coins has gone way up over the last 30 + years. I bought an NGC VF-30 in the early 1990s. I paid a high four figure price for it. Today it’s priced in the upper end of 5 figures. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are an estimated 300 to 325 survivors. Many of them are damaged or heavily worn. Even the not so nice ones are expensive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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