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Message:: [QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 167891, member: 3565"]This article on Coinbooks.org states that there is some question as to whether Russia's decimal coins were in fact a true decimal system:Bob Neale writes: "Regarding the question of who first  developed a decimal coinage system, I believe that the key  word here is "system." As I understand it, the Russian  precursor to Jefferson's proposal did include a couple of  decimally-related coins, but there were nondecimal coins as  well. The Russians therefore did not have a system as we  understand the term.They certainly claim credit for it but  It actually was semi-accidental.Don't ask me,I have no idea.BUT..Sierra Leone (Company) did mint cents in 1791,one year before the US went decimal.Here's the proof:SO,in conclusion :goofer: if you accept the above Russia-bashing statements,and the fact that Sierra Leone Co.was not in fact a country (a la East India Co.) until 1808,then the U.S. was the first country to have a true decimal coinage system........or not.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]