Excerpt from Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, and Medals: In the Numismatic Collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa The coins of the Federal Congress were struck chiefly in New York, but the simplicity of the mint requirements of the time enabled the contractor to sublet portions of the contract if he so desired, and the fact that some of these coppers were also struck at New Haven, Connecticut, at Rupert, Vermont, and at other places suggests that the contract was actually farmed out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.