Posted by Hemant Mehta in Back when the new George Washington dollar coins were minted, there was a slight problem (or not, given your perspective): “In God We Trust” was not inscribed on approximately 50,000 of them.
So the US Mint said they’d fix the problem. And like many of our government agencies, they were just kidding about that.
Hundreds of the new John Adams dollar coins are also missing the inscription. The exact number of Godless coins is unknown.
But that’s not the only mistake on the coins:
There also are reports of the opposite problem — Adams coins with edge lettering that has been double-struck, said Ron Guth, president of the Professional Coin Grading Service.
Which is nice, really. It shows the Mint is trying to be more inclusive. After years of money saying “In God We Trust,” they’ve now made coins for atheists and polytheists.
(Thanks to Lee for the link!)
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I can’t wait for the Jefferson Dollar.
Perhaps it’ll feature some of his colorful quotes, like:
Hrm… probably too big for a coin.
[...] I understand that that phrase is on our currency (or sometimes not) and is even our national motto. But let’s be clear about where that motto came from. It is an enacted piece of legislation from 1956 just 2 years after “under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. It has a very clear Christian pedigree and only an apologist would attempt to claim “we’re not specifying any religion” this is both intellectually dishonest and insulting. Categories [...]