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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bruthajoe, post: 4952557, member: 108656&quot;]This is a great conversation, thank you both Publius2 and Condor101 for a good debate and crash course on the transition from colonial coins to Federal mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can someone confirm this info from Wiki?... I lack trust in them anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; ...&quot;When speaking to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" rel="nofollow">House of Representatives</a> in November 1792, President Washington mentioned the &quot;want of small coins in circulation&quot; and stated that he had begun work on establishing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Mint" rel="nofollow">U.S. Mint</a> and that some half dismes had been produced already. At this point, most of the personnel had been hired, but the Mint&#039;s buildings and machinery were not yet ready. As a result, the half dismes, which had been struck in or around July 1792, were produced using the private facilities of local craftsman John Harper, although under the auspices of official Mint personnel&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Q: Is &quot;The use of private facilities&quot; being interpreted as &quot;contracted&quot; or is there a legally binding agreement on record?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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