Latin in Money

Lucy Robinson

Yesterday I was at Starbucks with my stepdad and I had to pay the cashier in cash. She gave me back a dollar and while we were waiting in line my stepdad told me that money relates to Latin. On the back of the one dollar bill, there is a Latin phrase around the pyramid. On top of the pyramid says Annuit Cœptis means favor our undertakings. The bottom says Novus Ordo Seclorum meaning a new order of the ages. I thought it was really cool that they used latin on our dollar bill.

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