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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 7871040, member: 66&quot;]No, the Constitution restricted the right to create money to the Federal government.&nbsp; Under the Articles of Confederation the States could strike their own coinage, and the states of CT, NJ, and MA produced their coinages under that Government. (The 1788 NJ pieces were technically illegal, but they already had the dies made so they used them. CT didn&#039;t ratify the Constitution until 1788 so their 1788 coins were legal.)&nbsp; Once a State ratified the Constitution and joined that government their right to create coins ceased.&nbsp; Now VT could have continued striking coins longer if they wished because they were and independent country and didn&#039;t join the US until 1791.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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