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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 166882, member: 66&quot;]It wasn&#039;t just a matter of wanting the position though.&nbsp; At least for the position of assayer the person needed to have specific knowledge and skills.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t so much selecting from applicants a it was trying to find the person who could fill the requirements.&nbsp; Even after the bonds were reduced to $5000 the assyer and coiner still could not come up with the money.&nbsp; Finally Director Rittenhouse paid the bond for one of them, Assayer Cox I believe.&nbsp; The coiners bond I believe was posted by Thomas Jefferson.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the reason why I maintain thatthe 1792 half disme is not the first US coin but rather a pattern.&nbsp; Since it was a silver piece it could not be a legally issued coin under the laws in effect at the time.&nbsp; If it couldn&#039;t legally be issued how could it be a coin?&nbsp;&nbsp; But a pattern COULD be distributed to congressmen or influential people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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