Posted on 11/27/2006 11:02:39 AM PST by News Hunter
"In God We Trust," the official national motto since 1956 and a familiar sight on U.S. coins and currency, will be hard to find on the new presidential dollar coins scheduled for release to the public Feb. 15, 2007.
The new gold-colored dollar pieces, featuring images of U.S. presidents, will move the inscription from the face of the coin to the thin edge, along with the year and the previous national motto, "E Pluribus Unum," Latin for "Out of Many, One."
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That was just how his leave was scheduled. With the unexpected death of my dad, we tried to get him to extend his leave. He didn't want to leave his unit light a soldier, and thought that maybe when the memorial is held they might let him come home for that. We'll have to wait and see. Robert took a new laptop with him when he left, so hopefully we'll have more word from him than before.
Neil's in our prayers. May our Lord watch over him and allow him to send word soon.
Really? WOW!, I's guestss I's need to gits on tat readin' stuff wright away!
You knew what I meant.
Me too. I'm sick to death of people who look for reasons to be offended. The coin still bears the motto and removing it from the faces of the coin will help to better distinguish it from a quarter.
Spent many a day in my early Army life in Hoenfels.
I'm sure your son is around lots of experienced vets, and just remember, he is not alone and neither are you.
My son is in the Kirkuk area of Iraq. He spent seven months as a new platoon leader in Zobol Province north of Kandahar in 04 and 05. But, he wasn't new to the Army. He'd already been to Haiti, Korea, Bosnia and Kosovo. I know he's not a kid any more but we always think of them that way.
The public reacted negatively to it. They ended up back on the obverse at the base of the bust in 1918.
Oddly coincidental, I found a 1909-S a couple of weeks ago metal detecting but I couldn't for the life of me get a VDB to grow on that reverse... :-) (still worth about $50-$75 though!). One of my forum associates got an 1909-S V.D.B. in Vallejo earlier in the summer, one of the perks of west coast detecting is you get a LOT of -S mintmarks and they are often the tough ones.
"He didn't want to leave his unit light a soldier"
Isn't that something?
For certain, Robert won't have to tell his grand children he "was shoveling $h!t in Louisiana."
I hear in France they're considering having "insh'a Allah" on their coins. :^D
>>Personally though, I think we should ditch the politicians that currently decorate money and go back to
>>representations of liberty, she's hotter anyway :-)
I agree, and I would add that we should ditch the politicians that currently make laws and go back to representations of liberty. Also because she's hotter.
When I engage in the defense of my country (or my sons do) out of a "sense of duty", that is a choice. I don't understand how you could possibly claim it to be anything else. And, selfishness is not a virtue. It is a narcissistic act of self-preservation which usually has resulted in anything but. Just ask those who "selfishly" served their selves during the Revolutionary War by fighting on the side of England, and who then suffered the consequences of their acts of selfishness.
Now I gotta go look through my 50 or so Wheat Pennies.
He also will be able to tell his grandchildren that he actually served his country as opposed to what John Kerry did.
I was really surprised to see the run up in early Lincoln SF mints. Teens back to 09 are all up over $10 in decent condition according to PCGS. When you dig one up in a park here they're usually green as the grass, and warty if your unlucky. Golden Gate Park is really nice to them, saw a 10-S out a few weeks ago in EF condition. Silver there looks like it did the day it was dropped often.
"In God, we trust, all others pay cash!"
John Kerry was serving John Kerry and got himself voted off the island. I'm convinced his mates saw him as a danger to himself and to them.
Must have been public school. This country was founded upon the morals of the Christian tradition. The Ten Commandments were a basis for some of the most basic laws in our society; such as killing, adultery, theft, etc. Doesn't the Congress need a majority to pass legislation? The Congress is supposed to be representative of the population as a whole. Our founding documents are based upon the teachings of Christianity, like it or not. "Majority rule" is simply a phrase to describe representative government (as set up in the Constitution). Must be the public school thing again.
Yes it is a choice, and that's why it was an obligation you chose to undertake, not a duty someone put upon you. That's the difference.
If you're a christian, then obviously it's not a virtue. I don't operate under the christian value system however and selfishness is a virtue under the one I do follow.
Look at it this way, when one fights for their country, should they do it for themselves or out of a sense of obligation to others?
I've seen the US Mint flash video, but thanks.
You'll never convince some of these people that no one's "hiding" the motto, though.
Each breathless screed from World Nut Daily means the dreaded black helicopters are just THAT much closer to their airspace!
Or something like that.
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