The
United States Mint was created on April 2nd, 1792 when congress
passed The Coinage Act. Did you know that David Rittenhouse was appointed the
first director of the mint by President George Washington? The Mint’s first
circulating coins were 11,178 copper cents. A long time ago coins were made of
precious metals like gold, silver and copper. The Mint stopped producing gold
coins during the Great Depression, and today it makes coins out of alloys,
which are mixed metals.
I used to live near Philadelphia, and there was a park called "Rittenhouse Square". I never knew who it was named after. I wonder if it was named after David Rittenhouse. It possibly could be, in honor of the first director of the mint. That, after all, was a very important job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Finn, for that information.
Thanks for the interesting article about the Mint. Before the Mint was established, was it hard to tell how much a coin was worth?
ReplyDeleteExcellent job on your writing assignment, Finn! This paragraph is very well written and you gave useful information to your reader. You also made it interesting by using a variety of kinds of sentences.
ReplyDeleteHi Finn,
ReplyDeleteI did not know that David Rittenhouse was appointed the first director of the mint by President George Washington. I am glad that you shared that -- now I know a lot more about the US Mint!
Megan
Vey nice job. Good information and well written, too. Keep up the good work,
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