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- Simcom, on 10/12/2007, -30/+218It's not a mistake, it's a correction.
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -23/+187Heh, who knew athiest money was more valuable.
I wonder if this trend can get me a raise! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -30/+176Maybe a dry run before they take "In God We Trust" off all the money.
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+108@mutatron
Oh Boy!
I can't wait till the person in line before me says "Can I have my change in God money only" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -19/+117The weird thing is, if "In God We Trust" were taken off the currency, rendering it religiously neutral, you'd have conservative Christians screaming that they were being discriminated against! Just look at the "debate" we had over removing the phrase "under God" from the pledge if you don't believe me.
- unicronband, on 10/12/2007, -4/+86That means they'll have to cram some extra God into the next batch.
- Afreyt, on 10/12/2007, -14/+86In Allah We Trust
see? Thats what it looks like to atheists. - Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -25/+85The Cold War is the major reason why In God We Trust was added in the first place - to make the US stand out against the atheist communists... Now that the Cold War is long over and the US is still supposedly a country of freedom, it only seems fair to remove the obviously Christian line.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60"you people don't understand how happy i will be to see you burning in hell in the afterlife"
And religious people say religion gives them good morals..... - Raian, on 10/12/2007, -18/+70"In God We Trust" fits perfectly on those bills-- that money sure isn't backed by anything but pure fantasy, much like religion.
- Nudar, on 10/12/2007, -6/+50Coldbrains: pretending to be Christian to make them look bad is quite low of you.
- Dainjah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+43"you people don't understand how happy i will be to see you burning in hell in the afterlife."
I'm sure which ever sky genie you worship is extremely proud of you right now... - iKonic, on 10/12/2007, -15/+54I don't believe in God, so that's just horse ***** on my money if you ask me. I'd rather see it without having religion forced onto me...
- david76, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36@coldbrains
How Christian of you to say that. - ckohler, on 10/12/2007, -8/+38It should be "In Freedom We Trust".
Or in the very least, "In God Thiests Trust". - Afreyt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+36No, it should be "This is your God"
- themayorpwns, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32wait wait wait...so it's a goof that a religious slogan was removed from a religious-free government?
someone better get the dictionary out - totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32Sounds like a publicity move to get those coins movin :p
- Loonacy, on 10/12/2007, -13/+42Actually, money isn't the root of all evil. Love of money is.
Timothy 6:10 - "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." - pipdip, on 10/12/2007, -7/+31"Whats with all the bible quotes!? Since when can people on Digg quote the bible?"
This.... is a free country. - compaqdrew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24I'm a Christian. And quite frankly I'm tired of trolling idiots like coldbrains giving us a bad name. We don't want you to "burn in hell" --some of us don't even believe in hell, and even of the ones that do most don't think the vast majority of people will actually end up there.
Don't let trolls form your opinions about real Christians. Do that yourself. - steelmaverick, on 10/12/2007, -19/+43Umm...
I'm in ur mint, ***** up your coinz. - trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24I wouldn't mind receiving 50$ on the $
If you think about it, the mistake just inflated 50,000$ to 2,500,000$
Couse this means jack ***** if you're not a collector. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26Lemon Test:
The government's action must have a legitimate secular purpose;
The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion;
The government's action must not result in an "excessive entanglement" with religion.
I think Printing "IN GOD WE TRUST" on money that it's citizens use, doesn't pass this test. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26@lofiboy
Unfortunately for you, minorities do have rights. And also unfortunately for you, the United States is not a Christian nation, but a secular nation. Considering your anti-American attitudes, perhaps it's you who should grow a pair and fly somewhere more amenable to your attitude; perhaps you should try Saudi Arabia. Make sure you announce to one and all your religious attitudes so you can experience the wonderful effects of the theocratic government you want to push on the rest of us here. - EatingPie, on 10/12/2007, -10/+30It's just the fact that there's a minting mistake that makes the coins valuable. In time these will fetch far more than their current $50.00 going rate, especially if you score one in mint condition.
Unless, of course, we take In God We Trust off our money... then they'll just be regular coins! :)
-Pie - VicHislop, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24"My own feeling in the matter is due to my very firm conviction that to put such a motto on coins, or to use it in any kindred manner, not only does no good but does positive harm, and is in effect irreverence, which comes dangerously close to sacrilege ... it seems to me eminently unwise to cheapen such a motto by use on coins, just as it would be to cheapen it by use on postage stamps, or in advertisements."
Theodore Roosevelt commenting to mutatron's post on the use of "In God We Trust" on coins. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -11/+30@stonewaljacksn
I bet you wouldn't "stay quiet" if it said "In Satan We Trust" on those copies - This is same thing, different point of view, and when it's not yours, you'll bitch and whine. - Afreyt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21Then you wouldn't mind, 'In Allah We Trust'
- Ocelot13, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23you may not agree with his choice, but everyone has freedom of religion. how would you like it if someone pushed their religion onto you coldbrains?
- samssf, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23I don't like the idea of having "In God We Trust" on currency anyway. That's like saying "In Aliens We Trust", or something else that's fantasy. Why not say something that actually has meaning... like ckohler said, "In Freedom We Trust". You can actually define freedom.
- Pile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Any place in the afterlife, populated by self-righteous, bitter, mean-spirited christians who think they have a monopoly on truth and morality would most certainly be HELL to me, so if not hanging with you self-righteous pricks is hell, then I welcome hell.
- Afreyt, on 10/12/2007, -11/+25Your God and Allah have a lot in common, meathead. We should just call Him Gollah. Or perhaps Allod.
- thrynn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1550,000 suspected to be in circulation... is that really worth $50?
- pyite, on 10/12/2007, -8/+21They should never have put "in god we trust" on our money in the first place.
I am a big fan of the 1907 and 1908 St. Gaudens double eagles. - Chickenlip, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Way off topic, but why do they even bother minting these things... Pretty much the vending machine lobby killed our ability to ever have another circulating dollar coin.
When the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was issued, machine parts were calibrated to the magnetic strength of the SBA dollar. The dollar was a flop because it looked and felt like a quarter, and no one gave a ***** about SBA herself.
Fast-forward to 2000, when they released the Sacagawea. Instead of resizing it, they made it the exact same size of the SBA, because large mechanic corporations lobbied congress to keep the magnetic signature of the coin the same, so that they wouldn't have to spend money to refit the vending machines. So not only was the size of the NEW golden dollar very close to the quarter, it's yet another coin with a picture of some chick on it that most people don't give a ***** about.
Now ... Congress is starting to wisen up... Why do they care so much about a collar coin? Money. No pun intended. It costs a LOT more to print a paper dollar bill that will last maybe 4 years in circulation, then to make a copper-nickel-clad dollar coin that will last for a century. Well, they wisened up by getting rid of the indian chick that no one cares about ... or did they? NO ... Part of the presidential coin act requires that 30% of all dollars minted are the old Sac dollars, which means that only 70% of them will have a president on them. SO ... they're taking a step in the right direction, but STILL, the size remains the same. The Eisenhower dollars were too large, the SBA/Sac/Presidential too small. Vending machine lobbies win, we the people lose.
The ONLY (mark that word) way we're going to get these ***** stupid dollar coins to circulate is to get rid of the blasted paper dollar.
Don't feed me your tripe about how no one wants to lug around 50 pounds of dollar coins in their pocket. You wont have to ... Maybe you will carry two or three. The UK has a great circulation of pound and 2-quid coins that circulate regularly. It CAN be done ... having 3 1-dollar coins in your pocket isn't much more annoying than having 3 quarters.
Next week's lesson: Why the Banks and Merchants HATE the new dollars...
PS ... Get rid of the penny & nickel too. If you think I'm daft, you need to take Economics again, and pay some ***** attention this time
- bjeanes, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14I reckon it should say:
In the Flying Spaghetti Monster We Trust
http://www.venganza.org/ Who's with me? - HCJfilms, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Sure beats manually scratching it off the coins. That takes a while!
I'll stick with crossing it out on paper money :) - cyzoonic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11The slagan wasn't always on the bill. In fact you can find bills without "in god we trust" on them. It was added in the 60s I think because of the "godless" USSR (not my words).
- wolfboy759, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Ramen to that.
- NinjaYaddaYadda, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13@Raian
The dollar is "backed" only by its valuation.
It is no different in this respect than anything, from gold to governments to people. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10It's NOT a palindrome:
R A C E C A R = R A C E C A R
R A D A R = R A D A R
G O G = G O G
D O D = D O D
However,
D O G != G O D - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12This "Godless" coin is perfect for but then Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
- john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10My roommate works at a local bank and has been collecting these like crazy since he found out about this (roughly a week ago).. He has over a hundred error coins now.. He told me they mostly came from the Jacksonville branch of the Treasury. I bought a couple of rolls, but I wasn't as lucky.. I've been paying for things in gold $1 coins now for the past few days.. I've found that it's easier to get away with this if you act like a pirate during the transaction.. :D
- Afreyt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I'm sorry, perhaps you missed civics class. This is a representative, constitutional democracy. Not a "majority rules" one. And the bill of rights was put there to protect everyone from the tyranny of the majority.
So... why don't you go take a refresher course. - wingo123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9@ AbstractEgo - This Is Not Necessarily True. Though Most of The Founding Fathers Often Referenced God, They Were, For The Most Part, Wary of Religion, Which is Why Separation of Church and State is Written Into The Constitution (Not Saying I Agree With This, Even Though I Do)
Jesus. What, was that the title of the book you're writing, Capitalization Guy? - DiggTheWii, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11In other news, Christians who possess these coins do not find themselves Godless when possessing these coins!
Screw "God". Enough fiction on my currency. - jimsf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I'd be more impressed if they said "In Dog We Trust"
- ArthurSucks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9With God, or without, as long as I can still buy a taco.
- haooken, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13Whoop-dee-*****-doo.....
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