Following the Revolution, Rahway became the home of the first national mint to create a coin bearing the inscription E pluribus unum.Hill, Raven. "Colonial coin found at old home in Franklin", Home News Tribune, April 13, 2003. Accessed May 20, 2012. "It turned out to be a New Jersey Copper, minted in Rahway or Morristown between 1786 and 1790, the first coins to bear the national motto, 'E Pluribus Unum.'" A United States Post Office established in Rahway was one of only six in the entire state in 1791.
Following the Revolution, Rahway became the home of the first national mint to create a coin bearing the inscription E pluribus unum.Hill, Raven. "Colonial coin found at old home in Franklin", Home News Tribune, April 13, 2003. Accessed May 20 2012. "It turned out to be a New Jersey Copper, minted in Rahway or Morristown between 1786 and 1790, the first coins to bear the national motto, 'E Pluribus Unum.'" A United States Post Office established in Rahway was one of only six in the entire state in 1791.