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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 212056, member: 66&quot;]Sorry, but when the 1907 double eagle and then the 1908 &quot;godless&quot; double eagles came out there was no law that required the motto to appear.&nbsp; The Act of March 3rd 1865 Chapter C Sec 5 merely ALLOWED the motto to be placed on the coins, it did not require it to appear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sec 5 And be it further enacted That in addition to the devices and legends upon the gold, silver, and other coins of the United States, it shall be lawful for the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause the motto &quot;In God we trust&quot; to be placed upon such coins hereafter to be issued as shall admit of such legend thereon.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the Godless coins were perfectly legal.&nbsp; (However the Buffalo nickel is NOT legal because when Congress ordered the motto restored to the coins in 1908 they mandated that it appear on all future US coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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