A record price of $1.5 million has been set by a private treaty sale of a rainbow-toned 1792 half disme, graded NGC MS-68.

Many average collectors have a tough time imagining what coin trading is like on the high-end of the price scale. The transactions heard about often exceed the values of most people's homes and net worth.

A tiny, early American silver coin personally authorized by President George Washington 215 years ago has been purchased for a record $1,500,000 by a California educational foundation.

A 215-year-old coin that was part of the first batch of coins produced by the U-S Mint has sold for one-point-five (m) million dollars.

A nonprofit group paid $1.5 million for a coin that was only worth five cents when it was produced more than 200 years ago.

Imbue history and add pedigree to a 215-year-old near mint condition coin and it can do wonders for its value. How's $1.5 million?

It turns out a half dime can be worth a pretty penny.