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Message:: [QUOTE="National dealer, post: 12599, member: 487"]Good referrence work, you are referring to the Peter Getz dies created and "probably used" in the 6th and chestnut st. location. You also mention the Birch Cent as the first, as it followed the standards of 1792. Again, good research. If you read the Breen referrence to the July 8, 1792 letter to Washington, you will see that the Half Dismes and Cents struck were done by Mint employees. Therefore, even without the mint facility, which as you made mention wasn't owned, was still done under the authority of the US Mint. George Washington in his address made it clear that these two coins were in fact "legal tender", making them the first US Coins. Now to the Fugio Cent. On April 21, 1787 Congress passed the resolution authorizing this coin. If you see, I worded question number 3 with "congress authorized".[/QUOTE]