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Novus ordo seclorum. The phrase Novus ordo seclorum ( English: / ˈnoʊvəs ˈɔːrdoʊ sɛˈklɔːrəm /, Latin: [ˈnɔwʊs ˈoːrdoː seːˈkloːrũː]; " New order of the ages ") is one of two Latin mottos on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. The other motto is Annuit cœptis. The mottos were coined by Charles Thomson ...
The United States one-dollar bill ( US$1 ), sometimes referred to as a single, has been the lowest value denomination of United States paper currency since the discontinuation of U.S. fractional currency notes in 1876. An image of the first U.S. president (1789–1797), George Washington, based on the Athenaeum Portrait, a 1796 painting by ...
The reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. Annuit cœptis ( / ˈænuɪt ˈsɛptɪs /, Classical Latin: [ˈannʊ.ɪt ˈkoe̯ptiːs]) is one of two mottos on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. The literal translation is " [He] favors (or "has favored") [our] undertakings", from Latin annuo ("I approve, I favor ...
"Novus Ordo Seclorum" sounds like a spell from Harry Potter but it's actually a line from the ancient poet Virgil that means "a new order of the ages." "Annuit Coeptis" translates to "he has ...
[32] Novus ordo seclorum, freely taken from Virgil, [33] is Latin for "a new order of the ages." [34] The reverse has never been cut (as a seal) but appears, for example, on the back of the one-dollar bill.
We come in contact with it all the time, but the markings on the one-dollar bill remain shrouded in mystery. Until now. 1. The Creature. In the upper-right corner of the bill, above the left of ...
The reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States (1776). The Latin phrase novus ordo seclorum, appearing on the reverse side of the Great Seal since 1782 and on the back of the U.S. one-dollar bill since 1935, translates to "New Order of the Ages", [1] and alludes to the beginning of an era where the United States of America is an independent nation-state; conspiracy theorists claim ...
Charles Thomson (November 29, 1729 – August 16, 1824) was an Irish-born patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its existence. As secretary, Thomson, a Founding Father of the United States, prepared the Journals of the Continental Congress, and his ...