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https://www.money.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/800_su4kap0spctkxfl5nvf5.jpg800800At the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, the founding fathers considered a monetary system for the new nation. Unfortunately, the war had left the country deep in debt, making progress difficult. Ratification of the Constitution in 1789 gave the federal government the exclusive right to produce coinage and provided for the establishment of the United States Mint.