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some coins did not have this motto until it became our official motto.
'''"In God We Trust"''' is the slogan found on all American currency.
'''"In God We Trust"''' is the slogan found on all American currency.
The phrase was first authorized for American coins in 1864, and first imprinted on them in 1866.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml|work=U.S. Treasury|title=Fact Sheet on the History of 'In God We Trust'|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=2007-09-29}}</ref>
The phrase first appeared on an American coin in 1864. It became the '''official [[motto]]''' of the US after an act of congress in 1956. Thereafter it appeared on all US coinage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml|work=U.S. Treasury|title=Fact Sheet on the History of 'In God We Trust'|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=2007-09-29}}</ref>
For nearly 150 years [[United States dollar coins]] included this motto on one flat side of the coin, but in 2007 the new [[United States dollar coins|George Washington dollar coin]] includes this motto only in small print on the ''edge'' of the coin.
For nearly 150 years many [[United States dollar coins]] included this motto on one flat side of the coin <ref> and after 1956 it appears on every single coin or bill minted in the US</ref>, but in 2007 the new [[United States dollar coins|George Washington dollar coin]] includes this motto only in small print on the ''edge'' of the coin.
Some [[atheistic]] [[liberals]] have attempted to have the phrase removed from currency, going so far as to mark out the phrase saying, incorrectly, that the [[Constitution]] forbids it.
Some [[atheistic]] [[liberals]] have attempted to have the phrase removed from currency, going so far as to mark out the phrase saying, incorrectly, that the [[Constitution]] forbids it.