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Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(UNITED STATES MINT)Third Congress of the United States: At the second session...An Act supplementary to the act, intituled "An act establishing a mint..." Approved, March the third, 1795. Philadelphia: Francis Childs, 1795 Printed handbill (12 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.; 319 x 192 mm). Printed recto and verso, signed in type by President Washington, as well as the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, signed by Edmund Randolph ("Edm: Randolph") as Secretary of State, docketed on verso "regulating the mint"; minor marginal foxing. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. Broadside Supplementary Act relating to the U.S. Mint, ink-signed by Edmund Jennings Randolph The Coinage Act (or the Mint Act), which was passed by Congress on 2 April 1792, created the United States dollar as the standard unit of money in the United States, as well as regulating coinage, and establishing the U.S. Mint. Edmund Randolph was the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General during George Washington's presidency. The practice of signing official printings of Congressional acts was discontinued following the Third Congress. REFERENCE:Bristol B9373; Evans 29697Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The