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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 172700, member: 6763&quot;]Just think, 1799:&nbsp; George Washington died, as the result of blood letting, on December 14th. He could have spent that coin.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; John Adams was President, and could have handled the coin while checking out the mint.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Most of our Founding Fathers were still alive, and most of the country had veterans of the Revolutionary War living in their towns.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Civil War was still over 60 years away, and we had the first coins being produced.</p><p>Those early coins are beautiful.</p><p>&nbsp; I recently had the chance to buy two 1795 half cents, and I just could not resist. The history that they have seen, if only coins could talk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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