1792 Half Disme

1792 Half Disme---à history

What do you think of someone buying the 1792 Half Disme for $1.5 Million & its place on coin history?

Ron (ronaldb112)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792_half_disme

http://www.coincommunity.com/coin_h...sme_1792.asp

"chain of custodians"

-- David Rittenhouse, first Director of the United States Mint;
-- the Rittenhouse family until sold at the Oct 1919 ANA convention auction conducted by Henry Chapman;
-- George L. Tilden whose collection was sold at auction by Thomas Lindsay Elder in June 1921;
-- a private collector (who apparently stored the coin in a Wayte Raymond album);
-- an un-named museum in New England that sold the coin at a Stack's auction in October 1988;
-- dealer Jay Parino;
-- the anonymous "Knoxville Collection" from 1988 to 2003;
-- a private collector from 2003 to January 2007;
-- dealer Steve Contursi, January - July 2007;
-- Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation

Ron (ronaldb112)