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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 172268, member: 66&quot;]Yes there was the act of 1792 that established the Mint and set the specifications for the coins including the half disme.&nbsp; But it also established the required bonds and forbids the issuance of silver or gold coins until those bonds are satified.&nbsp; Those bonds were not made until 1794.&nbsp; So by law no silver coins could be made before that time.&nbsp; If silver 1792 half dismes could not legally be issued, I don&#039;t see how the 1792 half disme could be the first US coin.&nbsp; At best it could be a pattern.&nbsp; It can&#039;t be a legal coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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