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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hommer, post: 2083245, member: 73266&quot;]Some interesting history about this coin, from the US Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Now, you may know about the first coins made by the new United States Mint, which was created in 1792.&nbsp; Some of our leaders wanted to put our first president, George Washington, on our coins, but he said no.&nbsp; Kings and caesars through history had their pictures on coins, and President Washington didn&#039;t want to be like a king!&nbsp; So the law that created the Mint said that there should be a picture of something that stands for liberty on our coins...and Lady Liberty was born.Now, here&#039;s the mystery:&nbsp; this month&#039;s coin is from 1793, a year after the Mint was created, and yet there&#039;s George Washington&#039;s portrait right there on the front!&nbsp; Washington didn&#039;t want his picture on coins in 1792, but here&#039;s a coin with his picture in 1793.&nbsp; The first time I saw this coin, I was confused.&nbsp; But then I turned it over and found a clue.See?&nbsp; Across the top, it says &quot;halfpenny.&quot;&nbsp; The coin isn&#039;t an American half cent but a British halfpenny.It turns out that a token-making company in England made the coins and sent them to important people in the United States, hoping that Congress would hire the British company to make American coins.&nbsp; But President Washington wanted us to start our own mint and make our own coins.It was after Washington saw coins like these that he decided he didn&#039;t want his picture on our change.&nbsp; I guess seeing these coins actually helped him make up his mind!&nbsp; Anyway, that&#039;s how George Washington&#039;s picture got on a 1793 coin.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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