Latin & US Currency

Ex Libris Luci

One Dollar BillANNUIT COEPTIS: (He [God] nods to the undertaking) - Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue cœpti-From Vergil‘s Aeneid (Jupiter allpowerful, favor my brave Bk. IX.625 undertakings.)

+The parallel here is between Aeneas and his son‘s establishment of a nation that would eventually become Rome and the beginning of ournew nation.

Novus Ordo Seclorum

New order of the World

Do you see the underlinedRoman Numerals?

MDCCLXXVI

Can you figure out what year it is?

M = 1,000D = 500C = 100L = 50X = 20V = 5I = 1

E PLURIBUS UNUM

Out of many one

This phrase can be found on the back of all US coins.

State QuartersEsto Perpetua

(Let it be perpetual)~State Motto~

This appears to be the only state quarterwith a Latin phrase on the reverse.