The United States Mint in Philadelphia

by Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

Book Overview

As the ink was drying on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other documents that established the United States, millions of Americans hungered for new legal tender coinage from the young sovereign nation. Following calls by Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers for the nation to issue its own money, Congress passed legislation to officially establish the United States Mint in 1792. Growing from its humble beginnings as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467129194
• ISBN13: 9781467129190
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"