Sunday, November 29, 2009

Why? The Latin on the Dollar Bill


Charles Thomson, one of the founding fathers, came up with Novus Ordo Seclorum as the motto. He said that the translation wasn't why, it was the signification. The exact translation is A New Order of the Ages, but it is signified to mean The Beginning of a New American Era. It has been on the dollar bill since 1782.

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