Week 210 - Trust Us

[Guest]

QUESTION:

 

“In God We Trust” was not on US Currency until the 1950’s. What series & denomination was the first to display the motto?

 

 

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[MunkyMan95]

It first appeared on paper money with the issuance of the $1 Silver Certificates, Series 1957

[Weidel Legacy Collection]

It was first placed on the one dollar silver certificate in 1957.

[jtryka]

The 2-cent piece, 1864 (there was only one design so not sure how to define the series).

[rtpjr]

The first was the 1957 Series One Dollar Silver Certificate and subsequently the 1957 A and B series that were being produced on the new Dry Intaglio Presses.

 

The 1935 G Series Silver Certificate were the first of the notes that were printed on the Wet Intaglio Presses. This was done in 1961.

[jtryka]

Sorry, ignore that answer, I was thinking coins and not paper money, in that case it was the series 1957 silver certificate.

[rtpjr]

I'm not sure if I said that the demoniation was the $1.00 Silver Certificate or not but just in case it was the 1957 Series $1 Silver Certificate.

[mhardin2413]

$1 1952 FNR

[TwoKopeiki]

The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War.

 

IN GOD WE TRUST first appeared on the 1864 two-cent coin.

 

Cheers!

 

2Kopeiki

[CarolinaCollector]

Series 1957 $1.

[BankNote1]

The 1935G series $1.00 Silver Certificate was the first to carry the motto.

[TwoKopeiki]

If we're talking about paper money, though, it's 1957 1 dollar silver certificates, I believe.

[Grumps]

In 1957 on the one dollar silver certificates!

[RGT]

1957 One Dollar Silver Certificates

[Elbesaar]

Five Dollar - Series 1953 - if memory serves me correctly. I was only a young pup at the time.

[jayjay2789]

1957 one-dollar silver certificate

[Guest]

QUESTION:

 

“In God We Trust” was not on US Currency until the 1950’s. What series & denomination was the first to display the motto?

 

 

 

 

ANSWER:

 

1935-G $1 Silver certificate

 

Congratulations to our first place winner BankNote1 who will receive a coupon for 1 note graded for free under the standard tier.

 

We have no runner up this week.

 

Thanks for playing this weeks Numisma-Quest

[rtpjr]

Didn't the 1935G Series come after the 1957 series?

 

1935G did not print until 1961, so at least that was my understanding.

[jtryka]

Well, this is from the Treasury's website, and it seems to contradict the answer given:

 

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 Bureau of Engraving and Printing (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.

 

As a part of a comprehensive modernization program the BEP successfully developed and installed new high-speed rotary intaglio printing presses in 1957. These allowed BEP to print currency by the dry intaglio process, 32 notes to the sheet. One-dollar silver certificates were the first denomination printed on the new high-speed presses. They included IN GOD WE TRUST as part of the reverse design as BEP adopted new dies according to the law. The motto also appeared on one-dollar silver certificates of the 1957-A and 1957-B series.

 

BEP prints United States paper currency by an intaglio process from engraved plates. It was necessary, therefore, to engrave the motto into the printing plates as a part of the basic engraved design to give it the prominence it deserved.

 

One-dollar silver certificates series 1935, 1935-A, 1935-B, 1935-C, 1935-D, 1935-E, 1935-F, 1935-G, and 1935-H were all printed on the older flat-bed presses by the wet intaglio process. P.L. 84-140 recognized that an enormous expense would be associated with immediately replacing the costly printing plates. The law allowed BEP to gradually convert to the inclusion of IN GOD WE TRUST on the currency. Accordingly, the motto is not found on series 1935-E and 1935-F one-dollar notes. By September 1961, IN GOD WE TRUST had been added to the back design of the Series 1935-G notes. Some early printings of this series do not bear the motto. IN GOD WE TRUST appears on all series 1935-H one-dollar silver certificates.

 

http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml

[holadude-migration]

1957 $1