An MS65-graded 1792 US half disme is the lead lot of an auction of US coins at Heritage Auctions.
It has a starting bid of $180,000 ahead of the August 12-16 sale in Chicago.
 The 1792 half disme is highly prized by collectors |
The lot is among the finest surviving specimens (around 200-300 across all grades).
Heritage comments: "Ownership of a 1792 half disme in any grade is among the top accomplishments that any advanced collector of numismatic Americana can hope to achieve.
"It is not a stretch to say that the 1792 half disme is probably the single most important American coin issue, if not the most famed or celebrated…
"They are, simply put, the first national coinage issue of a fledgling America.
"They are the first coins struck under the auspices of the United States Mint (although not yet in the Mint facilities, which were unready for coinage until March 1793), and the first coins to circulate as American national coinage."
The coin previously sold for $528,750 at Heritage Auctions in 2014.
Other upcoming numismatic auctions at Heritage include sales of Mexican, German, Canadian and World Coins.
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