here has been recent discussion elsewhere that the use of the motto “In God We Trust” should be discontinued on U.S. coins and currency. This motto started to be added to U.S. coinage during the Civil War. The first coin to bear this motto was the 1864 2 cents. There was no legislation then mandating the use of this motto on coins, though the Coinage Act of 1873 granted the Secretary of the Treasury the option to “cause the motto IN GOD WE TRUST to be inscribed on such coins as shall admit of such
