Posted by
Eutychus on Monday, November 20, 2006 2:48:45 PM
From an announcement today the U.S. Mint --
"Can George Washington and Thomas Jefferson succeed where Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea failed? The U.S. Mint is hoping U.S. presidents will win acceptance, finally, for the maligned dollar coin.
"The public will get the chance to decide starting in February when the first of the new coins, bearing the image of the first president, is introduced.
"Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are scheduled to grace the coin in 2007, with a different president appearing every three months.
"The series will honor four different presidents per year, in the order they served in office. Each president will appear on only one coin, except for Grover Cleveland, who will be on two because he was the only president to serve non-consecutive terms. To be depicted on a coin, a president must have been dead for at least two years."
And then there's this:
"The images will be slightly larger than those on a quarter, because space was freed up by moving some of the traditional wording such as "In God We Trust" to the edge of the coin."
So, "In God We Trust" has literally been marginalized.