It's not a coin and it's not from 1789. This is a token piece that's struck on a cent blank and included each year with mint sets. There's one with a D for Denver and another with P for Philadelphia. The year 1789 refers to the date that the Department of the Treasury was established. These pieces do not have the year of mintage on them they are not particularly collectible. They're worth at most 1 cent.
The U.S. Treasury Department.
Article I Section 8 of the United Constitution grants power to Congress to "coin money" and "regulate its value." In effect, The Department of the Treasury prints money under the authority of Congress.
the smallest value of a coin is a penny.
The coin is still only face value.
is there any value in the 1980 carter/Reagan picker coin
Look at the coin again. The first coin struck at the Denver Mint was in 1906 What you have is a Mint medallion that was included in coin sets for many years. They were struck on cent blanks. The date is the year that the Treasury Department was established.
It's not a coin. It's a token piece that's struck on a cent blank and included with mint sets. There's one with a D for Denver and another with P for Philadelphia. The year 1789 refers to the date that the Department of the Treasury was established. These pieces do not have the year of mintage on them they are not particularly collectible. They're worth at most 1 cent.
the back of the coin has an armor symbol with a balance scale and an old key in it. and says The Department of the Treasury
It's not a coin it's a mint medal. Its out of a souvenir set from the Denver mint. The sets are only sold at the gift shoppes at the Denver & Philadelphia mints.
Certainly priceless since there was no Denver until 1858 and no US Mint in Denver until 1879. It had to be left by a space traveler from another dimension. (Or perhaps it was recently struck as a novelty item and has no value.)
There were no coin sets made in 1789.
The US Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury
The department responsible for the coinage of money is the U.S Department of Treasury.
it is the department of treasury
The U.S. Treasury Department.
The treasury department has the power to produce money.