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Bulloch History with Roger Allen: Currency evolves with motto; gold, silver standard
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Roger Allen
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at how hard currency was introduced in Georgia and Bulloch County. The new motto for U.S. currency - "In God We Trust" - was first displayed on the 1864 2-cent coin. It was then ordered that all coins bear this motto if it could be added to their designs.
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