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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 8394037, member: 9270&quot;]Quoted from this source: <a href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/us-circulating-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/us-circulating-coins" rel="nofollow">https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/us-circulating-coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>In 1792, during construction of the new Mint, 1,500 silver half dimes were made in the cellar of a nearby building. These half dimes were probably given out to dignitaries and friends and not released into circulation. The Mint delivered the nation’s first circulating coins on March 1, 1793: 11,178 copper cents.</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore the 1792 half dimes were the first coins struck by the US Mint.</p><p><b>BUT</b></p><p>The first <u>business strikes</u> made by the US Mint were one cent coins (the 1793 Flowing Hair/Chain Reverse).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, in answer to the question, &quot;What was the face value of the first coins struck by the US Mint?&quot;, the correct answer would be &quot;half dime&quot;.</p><p>And as long as I don&#039;t specify or allude to business strikes, I&#039;m correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>(And I&#039;m not going to get into the &quot;half disme&quot; naming discussion.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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