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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 895227, member: 66&quot;]They were in America, they weren&#039;t in the United States yet.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The New Hampshire pieces never went beyond the pattern stage and Independence was declared in 1776 not 1775.&nbsp; But declaring independence doesn&#039;t mean that much.&nbsp; Independence was not WON or granted until 1783.&nbsp; The first private coins struck in America after we gained our independence were the Nova Constellatio copper.&nbsp; The first coins struck by a government were struck in the country of Vermont in 1785.&nbsp; The first coins struck in the United States after independence were the Connecticut coppers in 1785.&nbsp; And the first coin struck for the United States was the Fugio Cent in 1787.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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