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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2787965, member: 8959&quot;]From a &#039;foreigner&#039;, here is a salute to you on your country&#039;s independence day!</p><p><br /></p><p>A country where I spent a large part of my youth and where I got my education.</p><p>I always felt welcome there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the first U.S coin, a Fugio cent: authorized by the American Congress and commissioned by the fledgling U.S government in July 1787. They were the first widely circulated coins of the american government.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, a 1791 cent, bearing the bust of George Washington, 1st president of the United States.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is said that the depiction of his likeness on coinage was against George Washington&#039;s own desires, who felt that having his image on coins would appear to have the &#039;stamp of royalty&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Fugio Cent, 1787.&nbsp; &nbsp; UNITED STATES - WE ARE ONE</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]646803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Washington Cent, Small Eagle, 1791.</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646804[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]646805[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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