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Over time, "In God We Trust" became more widely adopted on U.S. currency. It made its way onto all coins by the early 20th century, and in 1955, during the Cold War era, Congress passed a law mandating its inclusion on all paper currency. The phrase's adoption on U.S. currency...

The history of the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency can be traced back to the Civil War. In 1861, the then-Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, received a letter from a Pennsylvania minister who suggested that the government should issue a coin that would include a...