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“No nation can be strong except in the strength of God,” he wrote, echoing the sentiments of the clergyman, “or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins.
“You will therefore cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay with a motto expressing in the fewest and tersest words possible this national recognition.’*
It was in 1854 that “In God We Trust” first appeared on a United States coin, a two-cent piece. Chase himself had proposed this inscription.
Most U.S. coins in circulation today bear the inscription “In God We Trust.” Silver dollars, halfdollars, and quarters were minted with the motto in 1866 and have carried it ever since. It first appeared on the penny in 1909, but not on the dime until 1916. The five-cent piece carried the motto from 1866 to 1883, and after a long lapse resumed # in 1938.
Elsie Mae Jenkins, who has been quite sick, is better and hopes to be out in a few days.
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