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There were earlier one-cent coins issued by the colonies and the British penny goes back even further, but the first coin issued officially by the US Government was the 1787 Fugio Cent. The design was specified in the Journal of Congress as "on one side ... thirteen circles linked together, a small circle in the middle, with the words 'United States,' around it; and in the centre, the words 'We are one'; and on the other side of the same piece ... a dial with the hours expressed on the face of it; a meridian sun above on one side of which is the word 'Fugio.' and on the other the year in figures '1787', below the dial, the words 'Mind Your Business."

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