Comments on: God on Money http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money A Blog of Atheist Thought Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fireemblem555 http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87337 fireemblem555 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87337 I thought that intentionally altering currency in any way was a crime. I thought that intentionally altering currency in any way was a crime.

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87338 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87338 Actually the 1864 two-cent piece that first carried the "In gawd we trust" branding. from there it slowly metastasized onto other coinage. Finally infecting the last piece without it (the one-cent piece, or penny)in 1909. Actually the 1864 two-cent piece that first carried the “In gawd we trust” branding. from there it slowly metastasized onto other coinage. Finally infecting the last piece without it (the one-cent piece, or penny)in 1909.

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87339 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87339 oh... but you're right about the greenback. oh… but you’re right about the greenback.

]]> By: dsilverman http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87340 dsilverman Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87340 Firee, is is only illegal to deface currency in an attempt to destroy it, or to make it appear to be worth more or less. Drawing a zero next to the five to make fifty is illegal, as is shredding the money or burning it. <br /> <br /> Crossing out IGWT is legal and ethical. Firee, is is only illegal to deface currency in an attempt to destroy it, or to make it appear to be worth more or less. Drawing a zero next to the five to make fifty is illegal, as is shredding the money or burning it.

Crossing out IGWT is legal and ethical.

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87342 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87342 What I like to do is cross out IGWT, and pay in one dollar bills at tourist traps (or at the local fair). That way I can maximize the number of crossed out bills that get spread around the community when vendors make change for larger bills. What I like to do is cross out IGWT, and pay in one dollar bills at tourist traps (or at the local fair). That way I can maximize the number of crossed out bills that get spread around the community when vendors make change for larger bills.

]]> By: sam moore jr http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87344 sam moore jr Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87344 I collect coins and old currency and really love my pre-1957 dollar bills and pre-1864 coins without In God We Trust. I have 2 20th century coins without IGWT: a $20 gold coin from the one year they made them without it (1908 if I remember right) and a $1 error coin without it (year 2007 if I remember right). One of my coin dealers is all for the separation of church and state but is an Evangelical Protestant and thus NOT for the separation of God and Country and favors IGWT on money. Go figure. . . I collect coins and old currency and really love my pre-1957 dollar bills and pre-1864 coins without In God We Trust. I have 2 20th century coins without IGWT: a $20 gold coin from the one year they made them without it (1908 if I remember right) and a $1 error coin without it (year 2007 if I remember right). One of my coin dealers is all for the separation of church and state but is an Evangelical Protestant and thus NOT for the separation of God and Country and favors IGWT on money. Go figure. . .

]]> By: Dagny3 http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87347 Dagny3 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87347 I would love to own a pre-IGWT bill myself. How does one find one of these? I would love to own a pre-IGWT bill myself. How does one find one of these?

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87356 what Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87356 I enjoy crossing out the IGWT so much that I almost wish they put an artist's depiction of the xian gawd on greenbacks too. Oh what fun we could have! I enjoy crossing out the IGWT so much that I almost wish they put an artist’s depiction of the xian gawd on greenbacks too. Oh what fun we could have!

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87357 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87357 Dagny3:<br /> <br /> They are not that hard to find, any local shop that sells coins should have some. The 1935 (pre-IGWT) Silver Certificate is especially common and inexpensive. Dagny3:

They are not that hard to find, any local shop that sells coins should have some. The 1935 (pre-IGWT) Silver Certificate is especially common and inexpensive.

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2008/08/16/god_on_money/comment-page-1#comment-87358 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87358 Sam moore jr:<br /> <br /> You lucky rascal... none of my local coin shops can manage to hold on to one of the Washington $1's (without IGWT), long enough for me to pick it up. They are very popular... and I am jealous. Sam moore jr:

You lucky rascal… none of my local coin shops can manage to hold on to one of the Washington $1’s (without IGWT), long enough for me to pick it up. They are very popular… and I am jealous.

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