The disorders in the existing currency, and especially the scarcity of small change, a scarcity so peculiarly distressing to the poorer classes, strongly recommend the carrying into immediate effect the resolution already entered into concerning the establishment of a mint.
Washington highlights the urgent need for a mint to address currency issues affecting the poorer classes.
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