When Each State Could Make Money: Pre-Federal Connecticut Coppers

Virtually every school child in our country knows that our nation declared independence on July 4, 1776. Not as many of us remember that the Siege of Yorktown ended with Lord Cornwallis surrendering on Oct. 19, 1781. Among the collecting community, plenty of us are aware that the young United States Congress did not get around to authorizing a mint until what is called the Coinage Act of April 2, 1792. With those rather widely separated dates in mind, it’s worth asking just what the country used in