Why did President Roosevelt remove the “In God We Trust” motto from the 1908 US $20 gold coin?

by on 2009/12/31

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Ratbrain December 31, 2009 at 2:05 AM: Because he was a good man.
Sword / Lord December 31, 2009 at 2:35 AM: Just a sec, I need to check all my 1908 gold coins and I will get back to you..
steelypen December 31, 2009 at 3:16 AM: I didn’t know he did, so I don’t know…so that we could take one more step toward separation of church and state?
Kathryn B December 31, 2009 at 3:36 AM: He felt that idolatry was blasphemous.
~Colleen~ December 31, 2009 at 4:00 AM: Not everyone in America worships God. It’s like moving to a country that is free to worship whoever you want, and then the coin that you may very well see many times in your life has a saying on it that is directed toward a different god— since America is so diverse, he probably took it off to show that America doesn’t support one type of religion (christianity).
Kamikaze Komik December 31, 2009 at 4:59 AM: because it was a typo of “in gold we trust”; and because there isnt enough gold in the world anymore to equal the amount of money we are brainwashed into believing exists.
Most people think that plastic= $ which stands for numbers on a computer which people think stands for $ in paper form. And they think the paper is equal to gold