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Latin & US Currency Ex Libris Luci. One Dollar Bill ANNUIT COEPTIS : (He [God] nods to the undertaking) From Vergil‘s Aeneid -Bk. IX.625 * Iuppiter omnipotens,

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1 Latin & US Currency Ex Libris Luci

2 One Dollar Bill ANNUIT COEPTIS : (He [God] nods to the undertaking) From Vergil‘s Aeneid -Bk. IX.625 * Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue cœpti (Jupiter allpowerful, favor my brave undertakings.) + The parallel here is between Aeneas and his son‘s establishment of a nation that would eventually become Rome and the beginning of our new nation.

3 Novus Ordo Seclorum New order of the World Do you see the underlined Roman Numerals? MDCCLXXVI Can you figure out what year it is? M = 1,000 D = 500 C = 100 L = 50 X = 10 V = 5 I = 1

4 E PLURIBUS UNUM One out of Many This phrase can be found on the back of all US coins.

5 State Quarters Esto Perpetua ( Let it be everlasting) ~State Motto~ This appears to be the only state quarter with a Latin phrase on the reverse.


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