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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 3429481, member: 31286&quot;]Regarding early Indian Head Eagles, I had asked if anyone knew why the 1907 and some 08&#039;s had no motto.&nbsp; I checked with a couple of my books&nbsp; (what a thing to do!) and between two of them it seems the story is:&nbsp;&nbsp; Saint-Gaudens in did not like the additional text in the design, but Teddy Roosevelt disliked the practice of referring to the deity on money.&nbsp; So they minted them without the motto.&nbsp; Public outcry ensued - a vocal minority I expect - so Congress under some pressure from constituents passed a law that it had to be there, which wasn&#039;t the case previously.&nbsp; So there you/I have it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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