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Coinage The TJle Hrst first gold coins Issued by the theInfant theinfant theInfant Infant United States , writes Gwendo Gcndo Gwendo- Gwendoline G\\ G Gwendoline \ cndo- cndo cndoline - line Keene In the Boston 1'ran.crIpt 1ran.crIpt 1rancrIpt Transcript ' Tran&crlptcame Trancrlptcame ' & ! : . , Philadelphiamint Philadelphia Philadelphiamint Philadelphiamint the C'lme Clme came ' In 1795 1705 , from There There"cre There'sere Therewere mint , still sUll . > our ur leading lending one "cre cre 'sere sere " ' eagle and half e'1gles- e'1gles e1gles e'1gles10 eagles-g10 eagles g10 eagles ' - lO 10 and andI $5 5 $ ; Double eagles are arc the hlghebt highest hlghebtthe highestthe highestthe the government governmcnt has ever gone , ex except excopt : the Pan- Pan Panam'l Van-ami Van ami - cept when whcn whenye \ye ye we \ celebrated am'l aml ama ' Pacillc PacIl1c Pacllic exposition \ with I1h a $50piece $50 50 $50pIece $50piece 50piece $ pIece . . . 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We stmted started startedright stmtedrIght staitedright rIght In with the heid he'1d he1d head ' of Libel Liberty Libertyand Libeityand ty tyand and an eagle In the beginning she she"as shewas shewas "as as was " a n rather countrified lool looking ing 1.15S 115S lass lassand . , and the eagleVa'i eagle \ was \Va'i Va'i Vai ' n a bit scrawns scrawn scrawny ; } , but buthe buthe buthe he soon s\\ s swelled selled \ " \ elled out to heraldic hera1dlc heraldlc S17e sire sireand sizeand ' and the lady took on more snore poise poiseThe poiseThey poiseThe The They ; clianged changed cliangedery \ery ery eery \ ery little In the nert nest nest100 ! 100 yearsIt yearsIt years It vas \ \ \ as the days of the rortyrninersthat f'orty'nlners fortynlners rortyrniners f'orty'nlnersthat ' Forty-ninersthat Forty ninersthat ' - that brought In the novelties Tiring Tiringof Tiringof Tiringof of gold dust exchinge exch'mge exchmge exchange ' , individuals In InSan inSan inSan San Francisco rranelsco , , Denver Dcnver , Salt Lale Lake LaleCity LakeCity LakeCity City and other ccnteis centels centers , melted up the thegold thegold thegold gold dust , witli with enough alloy aHoy to heep keep heepIt keepit keepIt It together and put out gold coinsSome coins coinsSome coinsSome Some of these \ were werevcr ere tier \ -vcr vcr - er fine flne copies copiesof copiesof copiesof of the government Issues Iscues ; , distin dlstln- dlstln distin- - dlstlngulshble distinguishable distinguishable - guishableonly guishable gulsh\ble gulsh ble ' \ only by b ) the tl1e name of the theIssuer theissuer theIssuer Issuer , so smill sm'lIl smlIl small ' that sometimes It Itfitted itfitted Itfitted fitted In Liberty's Libertys Llberty's Llbertys ' coronet Others Otherssere Otherswere \ sere ere frankly original , . such as onE oneof oneof ' of the $50 50 $ slugs of 1831 1551 Issued by byAugustus byAugustus byAugustus Augustus Humbert In Cillforma C\11forma C 11forma California ' \ It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is eight sided and easily dented be because because because cause of Its considerable weight w \ eight You Youhold Youhold Youhold hold It , as you should hold all nIl rax rare rarecoins raiecoins e ecoins coins , gingerly glngerl ' , In thumb and finger fingerby , by the ed edgeBy edge e eBy By 1907 1007 we w \ were ere getting artistic artisticand , and that th1t yea year ! ' the beautiful louble double < doublee loublee e igle 19le of Augustus Saint Gaudens was wasminted wasminted wasminted minted along with new designs for forthe forthe forthe the three other gold pieces As first firststruck firststruck firststruck struck , the Saint amt Gaudens w \ as In Inquite inquite Inquite quite high relief , because the face facewas facewas facewas was distinctly concave It has a n . full fulllength fulllength fulllength length Liberty striding for\\ for fort forward forard \ ard and and andan andan andan an eagle In full flight , , but it * ' nearly nearlyraised nearlyraised nearlyraised raised the i roof J'oof Joof ; ' oof , , " , " sa say sas ; } s Mr . Pond , sec secretary secretary secretary retary of tlie the Boston Numismatic Numismaticsociety Numismaticsociety Numismaticsociety society , because It left off "In In " God GodWe GodWe GodWe We Trust " ' Ihls 1hls Zhis had been on SlDce since SlDceCIvil sinceCivil sinceCivil CIvil war days when a clergym1n clergyman clergymansi clergyminwrote si \ rote to the secretary of the treas trias treasury triasury treasury ury calling caUing his attention to the thefactthat "fact fact "factthat " -factthat factthat - factthat that "iccognltlon iccognltlon "lecognitlon lecognitlon "recognition recognition " of our dependence dependenceupon dependenceupon dependenceupon upon Almighty Almlght . God hag has been overoohed overlooked over looked oohed ! on our currency . " It came out - first as "God God " Our Trust " Salnt- Salnt SalntGaudens SalntGaudens Salnt-Gaudens Salnt Gaudens - Gaudens ' coin hid h'1d h1d ' to be flattened fl\ttened fl ttened fhttened ' \ out outaftcr outafter outafter aftcr after tho the first Issue because It didn't didnt didn'tstack ( didn'tstack didntstack l1 n't nt n'tstack ' stack up well , but the design has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen "In In " God GodW GodWp GodWp been used e\Cr e Cr etier e \ er since , with W Wp Trust " " put bick b\c b c bcc back backalmost ' \ c almost Immedl- Immedl immedi- immedi Immedlatel immediately Immedl-ntel Immedl ntel - - atel ately ) . . We are nre the only large hrge nation nationtoday nationtoday nationtoday today that uses any 1 icliglous ellglous religious refer refer- reference reference reference - ence on Its coins , but In early times timesthe timesthe timesthe the French rrench used "Blessed Blessed " be the thename thename thename name of the Lord ' ( in m Latin ) nnd find nndhter findlater andliter hter later In French rrcnch , ' God Protect Francett France tt " |