Refuse The New Dollar Coins 'Without God We Trust - Is this new???? Think I have seen this before!!!

This simple action will make a strong statement.

Please help do this...refuse to accept these when they are handed to you. I received one from the Post Office as change and I asked for a dollar bill instead. The lady just smiled and said 'way to go' so she had read this e-mail. Please help out...our world is in enough trouble without this too!!!!!

I think some were printed without it, by mistake, though. Not sure.

collection...

And people are stupid anyway, in god we trust is a product of the cold war

The defect was that some were read heads up and some were read tails up. They all had the phrase, just some were upside down.

If memory serves me correctly, that is what the 'defect' was. And, neither is more valuable than the other.

If you do find one without IGWT, save it!

It goes back further, to the civil war IIRC. Let me see, I have some notes around here somewhere...



-Hoot

The motto In God We Trust might have been approved for 1 cent and 2 cent coins in 1864, but it didn't appear on the 1 cent coin until 1909. It appeared on the Shield nickel that was introduced in 1866, but was removed from the next two 5-cent nickel coins ("Liberty" or "V", introduced in 1883, and "Indian Head" or "Buffalo", minted from 1913-1938) and did not appear again on a 5-cent coin until the introduction of the Jefferson nickel in 1938. It did not appear on the dime until 1916, and on the dime-sized $2.50 gold piece until 1908. I believe that in the 1866 law, there was a specific requirement for the motto to appear on nearly all coins having a denomination of 25 cents or higher, but smaller sized and smaller denomination coins were exempt.

a few other features.

>>>Minting errors

On March 8, 2007, the United States Mint announced that, on February 15, 2007, an unknown number of George Washington Presidential $1 Coins were released into circulation without their edge inscriptions (the U.S. mottoes, "In God we trust" and "E pluribus unum", the coin's mint mark, and its year of issuance; i.e. E PLURIBUS UNUM • IN GOD WE TRUST • 2007 X (where X is either P or D).<10> Ron Guth, of the Professional Coin Grading Service, estimates that at least 50,000 coins were released without the edge inscriptions. The first such coin discovered was sold on eBay for $600, while later coins were selling $40-$60, as of late March 8, 2007.<11><12> Because one of the inscriptions missing from the coins is the motto "In God we trust", some articles on the subject have referred to them as "Godless dollars." <13> <14> Counterfeit "Godless dollars" have been produced with the edge lettering filed off. These specimens are worth face value.<15>

Also, John Adams Presidential Dollars have been discovered with plain edges. They are lesser in quantity than George Washington plain edge dollars, making them rarer, thus more expensive. Other errors on Adams dollars include doubled edge lettering and moderate die cracks.>>>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_dollar_coin

after years of use cause they are on the edges. Whatever. Damn their priorities are fucked up BAD.

This woman voted for Obama and is a strong union member. Wonders never cease!!!

I'm so confused. :cry:

unfortunately , you're wrong. That crap is on the dollars as well.

Europe has used equivalent coins for years. Americans are just too fucking stupid.

Even though I happen to think that "In God We Trust" ought NOT to be on a coin of a secular society since it is obvious that God is not universally believed in and in fact it would be much more appropriate to change "God" to "gods". Invoking the supernatural hardly makes sense to me. However, to see the TRUTH, go to Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/dollarcoin.asp

there was a genuine fear among anti-Catholics that coinage would be changed from "In God We Trust" to "In the Pope We Hope".

It never came to pass, however.

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They would be more valuable in the future, and they would also more inkeeping with the American I want to live in.

"In God We Trust" is printed on the edge of the coin. She just may be very religious, but I doubt she is a RWer as she did vote for Obama and is a strong union member.

I knew DU would have the answers.

the coins if it wasn't on there?

please help me debunk it", or similar, rather than just spreading the rumour here, as if you'd written it yourself.

But in any case, if you think you've seen some RW crap before, the Snopes website (as in reply #8) is a better place to go than DU. You can then forward the Snopes link to your friend, whereas a DU debunking will be full of swearing and "which RW bastard told you this?", as this thread has shown.

I think God would NOT want his name on any money. The Bible says the love of money is the root of all evil. "In God We Trust" wasn't used on money until 1957 -- in the middle of the Cold War with the "godless Communists". Eventually it will be taken off -- the sooner the better.

E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One) has been replaced with In God We Trust (Out of One, Many).

Right in the middle of the McCarthy era

At least in this country, Christianity seems to be about imposing a specific religion on everyone in the country, using the force of law to compel compliance. Hard to believe that this is "what God wants". And BTW, how do you know what God wants or doesn't want anyway?

This religion stuff is confusing to me, especially since it is inherently irrational and I am not.

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coin in change in forever. Maybe never. And someone who has the time to examine each and every coin handed in change is probably the reason the lines at the P.O. are so long.

I'm one who thinks IGWT has absolutely no place on our currency or coins. Something about separation of church and state that I vaguely recall.

Buy a book of stamps with a $20 and wait for the change. Cheap metal tokens galore.

Frankly, not having "In God We Trust" on the coins is certainly not a reason to refuse to take them. Coins with Reagan on them is a reason to not take them the no In God We Trust thing is silly.

Regards

here in Santa Fe and haven't gotten a dollar coin from then.

I used to have a cashier job where I stocked $2.00 bills in my cash drawer. People were surprised and bemused to receive them, and only twice in the six months that I was using them did customers refuse the $2.00 bill.

Cheaper than $2 bills.

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Or maybe, "Like, OMFG!"

Isn't that just a kick in the pants.

I guess god is more important than freedom.

Slightly perverted sense of priorities, I'd say.

At the nudie bar?

Everyone has a coin slot.

I would have never thought of that, but it's perfectly brilliant.

Oh yes, I also forgot to mention I was considering moving up to $2 bills, so you've also saved me a ton of money.

If so, then why? If not, then what is your post attempting to communicate?

...What?

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, I don't even know where to start, with this one.

otherwise, you sound very fr...well, you know...

It's on the fucking edge of the coin.

Should say..."In Filthy Lucre We Trust"? God is what we hide behind...money is what we trust and love.

Therefore it doesn't matter. The US was more secular in the beginning, I believe anyway. We started adding the God stuff later.

If it is spendable, I'll accept it.

Don't these dumbasses have anything better to be outraged about?

that would be a step in the right direction...


Edited for grammar.

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