ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Coin Club is the largest coin club supports numismatic education for its members and the public. Former club president Phil Vitale speaks on phrase “In God We Trust” and why it is on our currency.
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Heightened religious sentiment during the Civil War led to a movement to include the words “In God Our Trust” from Francis Scott Key’s poem on our coinage. The words were altered by the Treasury Secretary to “In God We Trust’ and included on the 2-cent coin. In 1956, President Eisenhower signed a bill to include the words on paper currency. That phrase has appeared on our currency since. For more information on the Albuquerque Coin Club, click here.