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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AWORDCREATED, post: 1737185, member: 52245&quot;]<b>You say tomato, I say it is a motto.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it is ridiculous to rake me over the coal about legitimate use of the term.&nbsp; BTW it was used in the context of the Reverse of that coin where only the one appropriate motto exists.&nbsp; I stand my ground, and the US Mint backs me:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.usmint.gov" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov" rel="nofollow">www.usmint.gov</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;The motto &quot;E Pluribus Unum&quot; was first used on our coinage in 1795, when the reverse ....&quot; ******** &quot;The motto as it appears on United States Coins means &quot;One Out of Many,&quot; 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.&quot; **********&quot; The motto does appear on all coins currently being manufactured. &quot;*****************&quot;In the current coin design, a banner inscribed &quot;one cent&quot; is draped across the shield.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; The bar is inscribed with the national motto &quot;E Pluribus Unum&quot; (&quot;out of many, one&quot;). &quot;&nbsp; ************** Bottom line EPU is a motto, a US motto, on the coins,&nbsp; and it is foolish to argue otherwise notwithstanding any other motto.&nbsp; I apologize in advance if that offends anyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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