Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . Mint was laid July 31,1792, and the building completed in Septemberof the same year. Three coin presses importedfrom England were placed in the mint, Oct. 9,and used to strike the Pattern Dismes and Half-Dismes of 1792, to which we have alludedabove. To return to the 1794 dollar, which wasthe first United States silver dollar coined, wewould state that only a few proof pieces werestruck up to July, 1794; subsequently there wasa regular coinage of one thousand seven hundredand fifty-eight 1794 dollars for general c
Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . Mint was laid July 31,1792, and the building completed in Septemberof the same year. Three coin presses importedfrom England were placed in the mint, Oct. 9,and used to strike the Pattern Dismes and Half-Dismes of 1792, to which we have alludedabove. To return to the 1794 dollar, which wasthe first United States silver dollar coined, wewould state that only a few proof pieces werestruck up to July, 1794; subsequently there wasa regular coinage of one thousand seven hundredand fifty-eight 1794 dollars for general circula-tion. These dollars are now very rare andcommand high prices at auction coin sales, andamong coin dealers. The first proof 1794 dollar coined waspresented to the British Mint, London, andnow reposes in all its original beauty and lustrein that wonderful institution. A fine specimen of this dollar would com-mand, at a public coin sale, at least five hundreddollars, while worn examples of this coinagewould be worth from fifty to one hundreddollars. RARE AMERICAN-
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