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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 393595, member: 12965&quot;]Excerpt from <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&amp;objkey=723" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&amp;objkey=723" rel="nofollow">here</a>:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>&quot;Elisha Gallaudet, a New York engraver, was the person responsible for translating Franklin&#039;s concepts into metal. It is thought that he struck the coins at a makeshift private mint in Freehold, New Jersey. Earlier issues of Continental currency had included a bill worth a dollar. This practice was suspended in the spring of 1776, apparently because the Congress intended for a new, one-dollar coin to take its place.&quot;</i> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Fugio Dollar was never authorized to be minted so it would have to be considered a privately minted coin.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; But it is still considered colonial coinage.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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