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Uphold the constitution

By Brendan Weir Posted Thursday 8th March 2007 13:32 GMT

Maybe someone is ensuring the separation of church and state...

Well .. they're not THAT collectible ...

By Anonymous Coward Posted Thursday 8th March 2007 13:40 GMT

Hm ... interesting. Although ... read this before investing your life's savings on one ot these:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Godless_Dollars.html

Quote:

"Bailey said it was unknown how many coins lacked the inscriptions. Ron Guth, president of Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the world's largest coin authentication companies, said he believes that at least 50,000 error coins were put in circulation.

"The first one sold for $600 before everyone knew how common they actually were," he said. "They're going for around $40 to $60 on eBay now, and they'll probably settle in the $50 range."

AHem???

By mark Posted Thursday 8th March 2007 14:04 GMT

ExCUSE ME??? Please check your HEADLINE

US mint cock-up???

Don't you mean A "F*ck-up??"

or . Perhaps a "MOCK UP"

But to my knowledge, the MINT does not have male genitalia!

Dan Dare gets SMART........ for Magical Mystery Turing ........

By amanfromMars Posted Thursday 8th March 2007 14:48 GMT

Domain Hopping .......... Virtually Space Travel for the Future.

It is an interesting Open Ended Bet for Restful Spin to Cover Perceived Loss though. Very SMART.

Not In "God We Trust" as you said.

By Anonymous Coward Posted Thursday 8th March 2007 14:57 GMT

E pluribus unum - motto of the United States, which appears on the Great Seal of the United States. "E pluribus unum" means "one out of many" in Latin, referring to the fact that the United States is one nation made from many states. Not In "God We Trust" as you said.

Reply to the "Not In "God We Trust" as you said." person

By Mike F Posted Thursday 8th March 2007 16:49 GMT

The artical never said that E pluribus unum means "God We Trust" it says ..."E Pluribus Unum" inscription, ALONG WITH "In God We Trust"...

Read the artical before you comment :D

AHem???

By Paul Murray Posted Friday 9th March 2007 00:26 GMT

mark [sic], which part of ".co.uk" do you not understand?

Perhaps you meant 'article'? ;¬)

By John PM Chappell Posted Friday 9th March 2007 14:45 GMT

Mike - whilst you are quite correct that there was no suggestion that "e pluribus unum" means "in God we trust" you might want to make sure you spell "article" correctly before gloating.

More to the point, are they really likely to be *that* collectible? In one or two centuries, maybe so, but in the near future, I doubt it very much. Also, the "In God We Trust" inscription is a recent addition to US currency anyway.