Noncents
It’s somehow reassuring to me that our law makers have always been preoccupied with minutia. In a story about a penny auction that raised $10.7 million dollars we learn this about the US Congress…
The collection of 301 cents featured some of the rarest and earliest examples of the American penny, including a cent that was minted for two weeks in 1793 but was abandoned because Congress thought Lady Liberty looked frightened.
Of course, according to Wikipedia, not a whole lot else happened in US politics back in 1793… other than the following:
- February 25 – George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States. (which must have been where he set the precedent of making every member of his cabinet resign before starting his second term)
- February 27 – The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton’s handling of loans.
- March 4 – George Washington is sworn in as President of the United States in Philadelphia, for his second term.
