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Message:: [QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3591846, member: 74863"]PS. The only Latin that has ever been used by the Mint or BEP is the traditional motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. It means "out of many, one" in Latin. It not only appears on coins and bills but is on the Gtest Seal. The motto was suggested by the first Great Seal committee in 1776. Consultant and artist Pierre Du Simitière chose the Latin motto, and his design expresses this theme. In Thomson's 1782 sketch, for the final design, Charles Thomson put this motto on a scroll held in the Bald Ragle's beak. "E pluribus unum" is a clear reference to the 13 original colonies united into one nation – symbolized by the shield on the eagle's breast. As explained in the official description of the Great Seal, the thirteen vertical stripes "represent the several states all joined in one solid compact entire, supporting a Chief, which unites the whole & represents Congress. The Motto alludes to this union."[/QUOTE]