BlaznFattyz
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WASHINGTON – "In God We Trust," the official national motto since 1956 and a familiar sight on U.S. coins and currency, will be hard to find on the new presidential dollar coins scheduled for release to the public Feb. 15, 2007...
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So, the blind can "read" the motto now as well as the rest of us, afterall it will be engraved in the side where the blind determine what coing they have in hand...
i didnt know that, interesting.. if IGWT is still gonna be on there, why even change it?
At least with the original copper, the penny is worth more than a penny (1.45 cents).
Face value is 1.00 cents or $0.01 dollars. The cost to make the penny is 1.45 cents...why not make it 1.00 cents
The penny was the only coin that is worth more than it's face value (other than the old gold and silver coins) Talk about devaluing money, when we went away from the gold standard, the ferns value have been going nothing but downhill....
In God we Trust wasn't added to our coins until civil war time. And it wasn't added to currency until the McCarthy era....same time 'under God' was added to that socialist pledge... The country was up in arms at both moves crossing the bounds of church and state in many eyes.
So if it ever actually disappears, we'll be headed back the way we were for almost hundred years for coins and almost 2 centuries for paper money.
If Madison had his way we wouldn't have had paper money...(or inflation hardly), so as we can't trust the government to keep our greenback valuable....
Oh believe me...that is why we diversify the 401k in European and Asian equities. But as my income still comes from here, I don't as yet by foriegn cars...(just foriegn parts in American cars with Arab and SA oil to run it)LOL, the "Green back" is only as good as the sweat off your brow. Trust not the government my friend. Trust your own abilities, (uncle sam is).
Oh believe me...that is why we diversify the 401k in European and Asian equities. But as my income still comes from here, I don't as yet by foriegn cars...(just foriegn parts in American cars with Arab and SA oil to run it)