DATE: August 16, 1787

TOWN: New Haven, Connecticut

SOURCE: The New-Haven Gazette

COPPER COINAGE STAMP

On the 16th ultimo Congress resolved, That the Board of Treasury direct the Contractor for the Copper Coinage to stamp on one side of each piece the following device, viz. Thirteen circles linked together, a small circle in the middle, with the words 'United States,' and, in the center, the words, 'We are one.' -- On the other side of the same piece, the following devices, viz a dial with the hours expressed on the face of it; a meridian just above; one side of which is to be the word, 'Fugio,' and , on the other, the year in figure, ' 1787;' below the dial, the words, 'Mind your business.’

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