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Week # 240 - Happy Turkey Day!

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Danielle C.

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QUESTION:

 

What series of silver certificate was the first to have the motto " In God We Trust"?

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the 1935 G was the earliest dated but i think it first appeared october 1 1957 on the one dollar silver certificate. the law allowed it to be gradually introduced to save money. by the time the 1935-H was out it was on every note, and that's my best guess.

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The 1$ Federal Reserve Note. 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.

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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.

 

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QUESTION:

 

What series of silver certificates was the first to have the motto "In God We Trust"?

 

 

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1886 $5 Silver Certificates

 

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