Your Dollar Needs Change In the early days, there was no uniformity to our money. Any Bank Could issue money.

Each State issued money with their own symbols - depending on their priorities.

Understanding the importance of the symbolism on money and the messages they convey helps us unite behind the ideals of hope and optimism.

The eagle holds 13 arrows in its left talon and in its right talon an olive branch. The Shield has 13 stripes. The number 13 appears over and over. What does it mean? What does this symbolize?

What kind of symbol is this?

The unfinished pyramid is composed of 13 rows of building blocks. The number 13 appears over and over again. What’s the significance? The Latin inscription “Novus Ordo Seclorum” translates to “A New Order of the Ages.” What does that mean? At the top of the pyramid is an eye, with rays that emanate in all directions. Above the eye, the Latin motto “Annuit Coeptis” or “Providence Has Favored Our Undertakings,” which Thomson explains “alludes to the many signal interpositions of providence in favor of the American cause.” “In God We Trust” first started to appear on U.S. money during the Civil War era in But it was not until 1956 that Congress passed a law declaring “In God We Trust” the national motto of the United States.