Gold Coins Of The United States
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008The Coinage Act of 1792 established the US Mint, the nine coins that would be produced, and the amount of precious metal that would be contained in each coin. The nine coins slated to go into production were the copper half cent and cent, the silver half disme and disme, the silver quarter dollar, half dollar and dollar, and the gold quarter eagle, half eagle and gold eagle.





