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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 562114, member: 8959&quot;]Well, the Red Book has some information on where the copper used to coin our Fugios (may have) come from.</p><p><br /></p><p>I quote &quot;April 21 1787: That the board of the treasury be authorized to contract for 300 tons of copper coin agreable to the proposition of Mr. James Jarvis... that it be coined at th expense of the contractor...&quot;&nbsp; </p><p>&quot;The cents were coined in New haven Conn. and possibly elsewhere. Most of the copper used came from military stores. It is believed to have been the copper bands which held together the powder kegs sent to us by the French.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So the copper is believed to have come from France. The dealer was right mill rat41 (interesting name). BTW, that is a nice coin you got there. Hope you got a good deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll see if i can get some further info from the B&amp;M catalogue of the Holden Collection 1987 which had a very extensive run of Fugio cents, and some really interesting articles along with it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Eduard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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