Show 3 l. l i. i Coining of Yankee Dollars It was In Iu 1792 that the congress of ot the United States authorized the es es- i nt of a mint In Philadelphia the founding of ot this Institution the the almighty dollar began to come cometo to Its own The Spanish dollar bad had e e- e q c cpm oH In Jn America for years find i Governor Morris attempted to o harmO ilzo al nIl all the moneys of the ate tie c took the dollar as a stand stand- Jird rd ird The plans of ot Morris were later Amended mended by Jefferson who proposed to strike four coins upon the basis of he milled n a a gold piece ct tit the value of ot 10 a n dollar In silver er silvera Z f a of a dollar In silver and a dU or Of a dollar In copper coper 2 |