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<p>[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 961295, member: 16269"]The motto is on the back of the bill above "ONE". The one with the motto is the higher value one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some history:</p><p><br /></p><p><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">http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"A law passed by the 84th Congress (P.L. 84-140) and approved by the President on July 30, 1956, the President approved a Joint Resolution of the 84th Congress, declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States. IN GOD WE TRUST was first used on paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the motto entered circulation on October 1, 1957. The <a href="http://www.ustreas.gov/education/duties/bureaus/engraving-printing.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ustreas.gov/education/duties/bureaus/engraving-printing.shtml" rel="nofollow"> Bureau of Engraving and Printing</a> (BEP) was converting to the dry intaglio printing process. During this conversion, it gradually included IN GOD WE TRUST in the back design of all classes and denominations of currency."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 961295, member: 16269"]The motto is on the back of the bill above "ONE". The one with the motto is the higher value one. Some history: [url]http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml[/url] "A law passed by the 84th Congress (P.L. 84-140) and approved by the President on July 30, 1956, the President approved a Joint Resolution of the 84th Congress, declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States. IN GOD WE TRUST was first used on paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the motto entered circulation on October 1, 1957. The [URL="http://www.ustreas.gov/education/duties/bureaus/engraving-printing.shtml"] Bureau of Engraving and Printing[/URL] (BEP) was converting to the dry intaglio printing process. During this conversion, it gradually included IN GOD WE TRUST in the back design of all classes and denominations of currency."[/QUOTE]
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