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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LakeEffect, post: 8394085, member: 43201&quot;]As I understand it, and I may be wrong, the half dismes were struck <i>by</i> the mint but not <i>at </i>the mint (as it was being built at the time).</p><p><br /></p><p>And they were struck <i>under the supervision </i>of the mint but not <i>by the mint</i> workers (because they weren&#039;t in business yet).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m picking nits - I think you&#039;re right that the half dismes were the first U.S. coins. My question is &quot;where are the ~1200 that aren&#039;t accounted for???? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Waiting for [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] to unearth one in Brooklyn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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