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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Small Size, post: 2597341, member: 77924&quot;]Politics drifted into currency production. The 1954 law that required the motto &quot;In God We Trust&quot; be printed on all currency was a legacy of a law passed in 1907, mandating that the motto be stamped on every gold coin.</p><p>Theodore Roosevelt believed that putting God&#039;s name on money was blasphemous, considering all the evil that is done with or for money. As he had gold coins redesigned in 1907-8, Roosevelt ordered they not include the motto. A huge political stink resulted, and Congress legislated that the motto be included on all gold coins. Thus the no motto/motto varieties among double eagles and eagles.</p><p>In 1913, the new Democratic administration decided to issue a&nbsp; five cent piece in the same postmodern genre as the 1909 Lincoln cent. The resulting coin is known today as a Buffalo nickel, and it does not include the motto &quot;In God We Trust&quot; in its design. It was current until 1938. The furor that caused eagles and double eagles to be redesigned in 1907 was nowhere to be seen in 1913 when the coin involved was was a nickel.</p><p>It didn&#039;t rear its head again until 1954, and since then all coins included the motto, the obvious brainless target was currency, which was required by chest-beating patriotic Congressmen to also include the motto. </p><p>However, it was the Eisenhower years, so sense and sensibility eventually overcame McCartyism and empty sloganeering. The BEP was told to begin adding the motto to currency &quot;with all deliberate speed&quot;, so to speak. That&#039;s why in 1966 the current $100 note still didn&#039;t have the motto on it, and nobody noticed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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