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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 379824, member: 12718&quot;](update....see picture of my new fugio at end of thread!)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>OK.....A few weeks ago, I came across a slabbed Fugio cent (PCGS VF25, N-16) that I just had to have and I agreed with the seller on a layaway plan. It will take me until August to pay and receive the coin. I have some nice pics of this coin, but I won&#039;t post them until I have the coin in hand (I am trying hard to show some discipline...if I don&#039;t own the coin, no point in putting up pics). Needless to say, I am very excited and think this will be a wonderful coin to add to my small, rather meager collection.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the meantime, being a Dad to three kids (21, 19, 15), I suggested to one of them (with Mom present to fund the difference) that I would really like for Father&#039;s day if they&#039;d all pitch in to buy Eric Newman&#039;s new book &quot;United States Fugio Coinage of 1787&quot; and I bookmarked Charles Davis&#039; site for them to use to purchase (geez, just a subtle hint :mouth<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Even though I will only possess one Fugio due to the expense, this book intrigued me especially after reading this excerpt:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;From the awarding of the contract to Jarvis over the superior</p><p>proposal of Matthias Ogden, to the illegal distribution of</p><p>government copper stock, to Jarvis&#039; failed European sojourn,</p><p>to his mumble-mouthed apologies to Congress, to Flint&#039;s rise</p><p>and fall, the Fugio coppers seemed a cursed coinage, a study</p><p>in failure, a comedy of repeated accidents and errors. Has</p><p>the Fugio contract coinage experiment succeeded, American</p><p>numismatic history may have turned out far different - perhaps</p><p>contract coinages would have been the rule, precluding the</p><p>founding of a Federal mint. The most powerful men in government</p><p>watched the after effects of the Fugio debacle, including</p><p>Alexander Hamilton, as a hard-charging attorney on behalf of</p><p>the government and Congressional inquisitor, and Thomas</p><p>Jefferson, as a commentator against speculators like Duer</p><p>and Flint. Both became powerful defenders of the Federal Mint</p><p>through many trials and inquiries during its first decade,</p><p>suggesting they learned from the embarrassing experiment that</p><p>was contract coinage.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n11a03.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n11a03.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n11a03.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, I think I have a &quot;Fugio Future&quot; - hopefully, the book soon as a bullseye gift and then the precious coin a little later! You have no idea how excited I am.....I think about it every day! Yeehaw![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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