Engraving depicts Federal Hall
in New York City, where George
Washington, the nation’s first
President, was inaugurated on
the balcony in April 1789. The
new Congress conducted its
business at Federal Hall before
moving temporarily to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and then in 1800
to the newly built capital city of
Washington, D.C.
The first national coins
were issued by the newly
independent United States
in 1787. The coin has 13
linked circles and the words,
“We are one,” inscribed in the
center. Other side of the coin
depicts a sun dial and
the Latin word, “Fugio,”
meaning “time flies.”