1971 Half - Bent ray

And scruffy looking rays in general near the confluence . Hard to see I know, just wait until I get a scope then I will be dangerous ... the ray leaving the middle of back of the chicken's neck, should go to the N but instead curves over to the U

 

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Huh? Description makes no sense. None of the rays go anywhere close to the U or the N and they never have.

 

In the motto.

 

Uhhh....the Motto is on the obverse. (In God We Trust)

BTW, I think you are already dangerous.

 

chicken?

ah, it tastes like chicken?

 

E pluribus unim, so that is not a motto? What is that referred to as? The trans am guys always hated it when you called a fire bird a screaming chicken

 

Oh OK. Sorry I wasn't thinking about the motto on the ribbon. Yes one ray goes through the first U and one through the last U in UNUM and then on through the M. I only have one half dollar around here to compare it to, a 1974 D. On my 74 D the rays go through the same places. The ray between those two (from the middle of the neck) goes right through the N.

It appears to do the same thing on your coin as well. The UN are a bit blurry and indistinct, but I'd say the ray goes through the N.

 

While E Pluribus Unum was once the motto of the USA, it was officially replaced in 1956
with In God We Trust.

 

And what do YOU call it now? The former motto?

 

E Pluribus Unum

 

What is the motto on a coin from the 1940's?

 

Dangerous, the nicest thing anyone ever said about me on the net So these fools think E P U is a motto, someone should send them a memo! http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1999&die_id=1999d1dr003&die_state=eds check out that funky motto ! http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/1999/1999d1dr003ea.jpg

 

The way things are going? a myth...

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

 

It is still a motto but not THE motto. It is typically referred to as EPU on current coins.

Why do you have to be so abrasive when someone corrects you?

 

Well so far, regards motto, I don't see where I have been corrected. Just wait, I CAN get abrasive if necessary.

 

I see no problems with this coin.

 

I think I said that in posts #2 and #7.

 

Officially the Motto currently is IGWT. EPU along with the denomination is called the inscription.

 

This is getting ridiculous. Stop the personal comments. You should be so respected as the people who started and operates the 2 web sites mentioned. Their contributions are well known and would not be considered a fool.

Also for you or anyone else who has such a strong opinion of their ability to act such will be doing it on a different forum. READ the Forum Rules!!

Jim
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You say tomato, I say it is a motto.

Yes it is ridiculous to rake me over the coal about legitimate use of the term. BTW it was used in the context of the Reverse of that coin where only the one appropriate motto exists. I stand my ground, and the US Mint backs me: www.usmint.gov "The motto "E Pluribus Unum" was first used on our coinage in 1795, when the reverse ...." ******** "The motto as it appears on United States Coins means "One Out of Many," and doubtless has reference to the unity of the early States. It is said that one Colonel Reed of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was instrumental in having it placed on our coins." **********" The motto does appear on all coins currently being manufactured. "*****************"In the current coin design, a banner inscribed "one cent" is draped across the shield. The 13 vertical stripes on the shield represent the states joined in one union to support the federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above. The bar is inscribed with the national motto "E Pluribus Unum" ("out of many, one"). " ************** Bottom line EPU is a motto, a US motto, on the coins, and it is foolish to argue otherwise notwithstanding any other motto. I apologize in advance if that offends anyone.