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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 5412685, member: 59677&quot;][USER=76792]@chascat[/USER]&nbsp; You are confusing 1792 with later.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1792 deposit of *75* silver dollars by Jefferson was the first.</p><p><br /></p><p>The initial mint was an informal responsibility of a cabinet officer. Obviously it had not been organized yet under the <b>1794</b> act.</p><p><br /></p><p>It took several years after 1794 for even that because of the initally sky high bonds required .</p><p><br /></p><p>By 1797 the mint was robustly accepting deposits and returned coins - although not enough to support the commerce of an entire country.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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