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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 840366, member: 23874&quot;]I can see this thread is digressing fast...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways...</p><p><br /></p><p>During Colonial, Early American, and Pre-Federal times, most day-to-day transactions were conducted using [bartering or] coinages of copper and alloys like Bath metal.&nbsp; Obviously gold coinage existed, but the average &#039;Joe&#039; farmer didn&#039;t use gold coinage in his everyday transactions.&nbsp; If &#039;Joe&#039; didn&#039;t use copper, he would be more inclined to barter before using one of his gold coins - if indeed he had any.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once the U.S. was established, and later actually began minting coinage, millions of coppers were minted and used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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