Who stablished the USA Mint?
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The history of the US Mint starts when the subject of a National Mint for the United States was first introduced by Robert Morris.  During the Confederation the different States had the unquestioned right to coin money, but only according to the standard of fineness, weight, and value, prescribed by the central government.  As head of the Finance Department, Mr. Morris was instructed by Congress to prepare a report on the foreign coins, then in circulation in the United States. On the 15th of January, 1782, he laid before Congress an exposition of the whole subject. Accompanying this report was a plan for American coinage. But it was mainly through his efforts, in connection with Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, that a mint was established in the early history of the Union of the States. On the 15th of April, 1790, Congress instructed the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to prepare and report a proper plan for the establishment of a National Mint, and Mr. Hamilton presented his report at the next session. An act was framed establishing what became the US Mint, which finally passed both Houses and received President Washington's approval April 2, 1792.
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Well, the Constitution gives Congress the direct authority to mint money, and a national bank was determined as the most effective way to handle the distribution.\n\nIt's not an issue of whether there is a national bank. It's a question of who can authorize loans like that.....
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tarnish is ok. Do not try to remove. It will ruin the value of the coin.  If it is uncirculated,  and a Morgan dollar there are about 7 different varieties.  The price varies from about $60 to about $200 depending on the variety.  A trade dollar was also issued in 1878.
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At "HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 192? June 5, 1933 the Gold and Silver Standard of america was desolved into the federal reserve and the international monetary fund, and made it illegal to pay a debt because the federal reserve uses "notes" and a "note" is a debt, its neither taxable, wages or income... its only a negotiable bill of credit that is totally non redemable         Article 1 Section 10 of the Constitution FOR the united States of America said that: CONGRESS SHALL COIN THE MONEY AND REGULATE THE VALUE THEREOF, it has never been repealled , it has affected my life by showing me the true FRAUD it truely is
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Well, obviously it is not from 1789. In Denver? At that time, the US Constitution had only been signed for about a year, the Department of the Treasury was formed by Act of Congress that year. So you have a coin that commemerates the founding of the Treasury and shows the Treasury Dept bldg in Washington DC. There should be a date showing the striking date and a valuation somewhere on the coin. Good luck in finding out more about it. I would suggest looking at some numismatistic sites on google.
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There are actually varying dates, depending on the coin. I'd say it became totally official on July 30, 1956 when it was signed as our national motto. Of course, it started appearing in various forms on our mints as far back as April 22, 1864.\n\nI used a US Treasury web site. Never knew it went that far back. I thought it was from the 1950's. Love this stuff!
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It was backed by gold but now is backed by the word of the US government.
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I remember a couple of things, but look these up to be factual. He allowed the dollar to float, it was on the silver standard and now it is autioned. He allowed privet ownership of gold, he opened free trade with China. Most of these things have hurt the U.S. A. as the dollar is no longer worth a dollar. The very rich are invested in gold and not into things that will help the country grow and you are living the result of free trade with China. That has cost many American jobs. I hope this helps.
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back a while in history, the equivalent of the dollar coin was breakable into eight pieces, each piece was a bit.\n\ni'm not sure if my memory is correct, but i think the english, the spanish, and early americans all did this.\n\nSo two bits is 2/8, or 1/4 of a dollar, so... $0.25
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Following is a brief chronology of the metal composition of the cent coin (penny):\n\n    * The composition was pure copper from 1793 to 1837.\n    * From 1837 to 1857, the cent was made of bronze (95 percent copper, and five percent tin and zinc).\n    * From 1857, the cent was 88 percent copper and 12 percent nickel, giving the coin a whitish appearance.\n    * The cent was again bronze (95 percent copper, and five percent tin and zinc) from 1864 to 1962.\n      (Note: In 1943, the coin's composition was changed to zinc-coated steel.  This change was only for the year 1943 and was due to the critical use of copper for the war effort.  However, a limited number of copper pennies were minted that year.  You can read more about the rare, collectible 1943 copper penny in "What's So Special about the 1943 Copper Penny.")\n    * In 1962, the cent's tin content, which was quite small, was removed.  That made the metal composition of the cent 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc.\n    * The alloy remained 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc until 1982, when the composition was changed to 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper (copper-plated zinc).  Cents of both compositions appeared in that year.
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What kind of condition are they in? Well, actually, either way, some might be. I know there are some pretty expensive collections with similar coins as the only pieces. It depends on how used they are and where they were minted (made), deleware/pennsylvania/san fransisco.
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1 cent.\n\nOBTW US coinage does not include "pennies".  They are "cents".
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George Washington....thanks for the points! :)
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United States Dollars
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Dollar Diplomacy. Started by President Taft. But the U.S. doesn't/can't just keep printing more money. It doesn't work like that. I wouldn't call it "fooling other countries" though. It's more like investing in what the U.S. wants.
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it depends on: if the american pennies are:  steel, aluminum, or copper.  Thank You.  anymore trick questions?\n I have the answers  :)
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Correct!  You make perfect sense.\n\nBut if you make perfect cents you'll be arrested by the government for forging currency.