Mottoes on U.S. coins
By Michael Bugeja | Jan. 08, 2012 9:58 a.m.
Article first published in 2012-01-16, Expert Advice section of Coin World
Reverse of 1991 Mount Rushmore commemorative silver dollar carries E PLURIBUS UNUM twice. Coin World image.
The best thing about our hobby is how it occasionally compels us to do research when we make a discovery, as I did recently in a study of mottoes and coin design.
One of the study’s goals was to document where our mottoes — “E Pluribus Unum” and “In God We Trust” — typically appeared, on the obverse or reverse of U.S. circulating and commemorative coinage.
The inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM — “out of many, one” — usually appears on the reverse; IN GOD WE TRUST more often on the obverse.
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