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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 638912, member: 5629&quot;]I&#039;ll interject on the reporter&#039;s behalf here, as the report was, in my opinion, adequately researched.&nbsp; Realize that use of the motto did not necessarily enact the motto as &quot;the national motto&quot; of the United States of America.&nbsp; The Coinage Acts of the mid-nineteenth century did not mandate what motto was to be inscribed on the coinage, but rather simply, with the secretary of the treasury&#039;s approval, place a motto on coinage that allowed for such given its space constraints.&nbsp; It was in 1873 that Congress passed a law allowing for the optional motto &quot;In God We Trust&quot; to be placed on coinage whose space constraints would allow such.&nbsp; Throughout the following decades, there were instances where the motto did not appear on coinage that would otherwise had been able to bear it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was in 1908 that the motto became mandatory.&nbsp; Yet, there was still no declaration by an act of Congress and the President assigning this motto as our &quot;national motto&quot;.&nbsp; It was in 1956 that Congress passed a joint resolution, which the President approved, declaring &quot;In God We Trust&quot; to become the official &quot;national motto&quot; for US currency.&nbsp; This motto first appeared on US paper currency in 1957 when it was placed on the $1 Silver Certificate.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can read all of this information and much much more at the <a href="http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml" rel="nofollow">US Treasury website</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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