Show First Coins COin and Stamps The fir first t United 1 States coins the tho half cent and cent mints In 1 1793 03 Coins lint halo been lIeen Issued by tho the American colonies Ion before Lefore this Massachusetts as aJ ase e Irly ns as 10 1052 The first coin Is issued sued under authority of the United States tnt was wis IS the th Continental dollars of 1 r In silver sliver pewter ter and brava bras the design said to J i lavo iso 1 beta been made mud mad by Fr Posta Postage e stamps were first authorized authorised Ui la this country by net act of congress of March 3 1817 1317 and Ind they were ere placed on silo sIle In I I- I ew lork on July 1 of ot that Pro Provisional 1 lonal issues of stamps stamp hid been mule made by certain postman postmasters for somo some years before this |