Show Coining of Yankee Dollars It was in 1702 that the congress of ot the tho United States authorized the establishment es of a mint In Philadelphia With the founding of ot th this s Institution the almighty dollar began to como come V Into its own The Spanish dollar had been common in America for years and when Governor Morris attempted to harmonize all the moneys of tho states he ho took the dollar as a n stand stand- ard The plans of ot Morris were later lator amended by Jefferson who proposed to strike four tour coins upon tho the basis of ot the Spanish milled dollar dollar dollar-a a gold piece of the value of ot 10 19 a n dollar in silver sliver a tenth of f a dollar In silver sUver and a hundredth th of a dollar in copper V |