Show FIRST UNITED STATES COM COINS r Made of of Copper Copp r Were till rj Earliest Issued by Dire Direct t Au An J of Conr gr u. u 1 4 The fugl fugos s w were re th the earliest cola cou I Issued by the authority of ot the Sta States and were of copper copper Itula Itu IQ Di April 1787 that the the congress congre of th tL I United States au authorized the board of treasury to contract ct for tor BOO ton of copper coin of the federal agreeably to the proposition of Yr James Jarvis provided that ti the urn ura to be bt allowed to the United Stale on the account of the copper contract I Ifor Ifor for be not less leu than 15 per pel percent cent I ai ni that it be coined at the e or of orthe the contractor but under th the tion of an on officer appointed and by the United Sta States es Jt is presumed th that t this copper tOi O Contract was made as as directed for tor 0 na Friday July 6 6 0 1787 the tt lb adopted this resolution That hoard board of treasury direct Ir t t the e contractor contract r to stamp t O 01 for the copper coinage one side of each pl ce the Thirteen circles device viz together and a small circle In Inthe them m li di die with the words United Stilt State around it It Jt and ond in the cent center r the We are one On the Other ther std tf of d devla the following the same piece viz A dial with the hours at meridian sun o on the face of it a on one side of which Is to be bethe ther wor r Fugio and on n the other r side the dI dr 1787 below the dial the words Jiw d I Iy I y your ur own business |