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Designer: Robert Birch and Joseph Wright Mintage: 1500 [est.] Denomintion: Half Disme Diameter: 17.5 millimeters Metal content: .8924 silver, .1076 copper Weight: 1.35 grams This issue has many of the same attributes as the Continental Dollar: great story, interesting design and fascinating history. If you can find a good looking AU55 to AU58 half disme (and this will be hard as most real AU coins are now in MS61 and MS62 holders) you are probably going to have to pay around $225,000 for this coin. Even an example which looks like its been run over by a train is going to cost in the mid-five figures. The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's. The finest (and only) Specimen example graded by PCGS is a single SP-66. History Some numismatists consider the 1792 Half Disme the first coin minted by the United States. It was decided that the coin be called a Half Disme (pronounced as "deem") after the decimal system, and made smaller than a modern dime but slightly larger than a 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dime. Nonetheless, most numismatists consider it nothing more than a pattern coin, or 'test piece', if you will, for the new U.S. Government, and not actual coinage. However, further evidence suggests the 1792 Half Disme is much more than pattern coins, and actual U.S. coinage. The Mint Act of April 2, 1792, established a Mint at Philadelphia--the nation's capital at the time--mandated a decimal coinage system. The Act was largely the vision of Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, based on his "Report on the Establishment of a Mint" presented to the House of Representatives on Jan. 28, 1791. Hamilton recommended a decimal standard with ten dollar ("eagle") and one dollar gold coins, one dollar and ten cent ("disme") silver coins, and copper one cent and half-cent pieces. However, the final Act as adopted also comprised silver half dollars, quarter dollars, and half dismes. This coin doesn't have a mint mark and was minted in Philadelphia, as most early US Coins were.

1776 CONTINENTAL "DOLLARS" 1776 was a momentous year for the thirteen American Colonies. On July 4 of that year, delegates to the Continental Congress signed a Declaration of Independence, sending notice to England and the rest of the world that the Colonies would submit no longer to outside governance and interference. In recognition of the solidarity of the Colonies and their assumption of the right as a sovereign entity to coin their own monies, plans were made to issue a Silver Dollar. Patterns, using designs provided by Benjamin Franklin, were struck in Pewter, Brass, and Silver. Today, a nice AU 1776 Continental Dollar will probably cost in the area of $60,000. This is not a regular issue coin but, rather, a proposed or speculative issue. Varieties are known in silver, pewter and brass and with different spellings of the word CURRENCY. For this set, experts suggest a pewter piece with the spelling "CURENCY" and the lack of the designers initials (represented as "EG FECIT," which is believed to signify that the design was by Elisha Gallaudet). It is probable that these coins did circulate in colonial America and that they did have a recognized value. This fact makes them a legitimate candidate for the first "dollar" struck in this country as well as the largest coin, in terms of size, issued prior to the establishment of the United States. The magical date 1776 makes them even more desirable. And, finally, the charming design on the reverse (featuring thirteen interlinked rings with the name of each colony and symbolizing unity) is believed to have been suggested by Benjamin Franklin. This coin saw some light circulation during the colonial era but it should be lustrous and well struck. A G to F coin would cost $7,500-$11,500; making it an exceptional value for such an incredibly historic issue.

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The Straits Settlements Silver One Dollar 1908 ,1907(Above) and 1909 (Below) The one dollar 1907,1908,1909 King Edward VII Straits Settlements coin are crown size coins. Each coin weighs 26.95g, diameter-37.3mm; 0.900 silver,asw 0.7798oz asw and has milled edge. Below are the mintage for each date: 1907 One Dollar 6,841,531 1907H One Dollar 4,000,000 1908 One Dollar 4,151,652 1909 One Dollar 1,014,072

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British India, George VI, Silver, Rupee, 1936, Restrike Proof, Mule, Calcutta Mint. An unusual date as the king ascended upon abdication of his brother Edward VIII in Dec 1936, and no Royal currency with his effigy was issued than in 1936. Restrike Proof-Mule, Extremely Rare. Price : 350K

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Material : Silver Category : British India

British India, Edward VII, Pattern Rupee, 1901, Mule, obv portrait of Edward VII with Crown (Pridmore# 1049) and Rev has Indian Tiger and Regal Crown with Decorative arched circle, ONE RUPEE / INDIA 1901 in English (Pridmore# 1046). Pattern-Mule, Extremely Rare.  A must Buy for Serious collectors of British India.  Price "450-500K"