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eLETTERS from the September 8 Numismatic News E-Newsletter

Should “In God We Trust” be removed from United States coins? Why or why not?

bsolutely not. “In God We Trust” is as American as the Star Spangled Banner is. We as Americans have gone through so many other changes of our statutes, products and sport names that you can’t use their old names without offending someone. The small portion of our country that wants this change, I feel sorry for them. If this little phrase should hurt them so much, they would deprive the

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