The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_Act_of_1864" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coinage Act of 1864">Coinage Act of 1864</a> that permitted the inscription <i id="mwPA">In God We Trust</i> be placed on all coins minted as <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_currency" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States currency">United States currency</a>.<sup about="#mwt26" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_22#cite_note-3" id="mwPg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwPw">[3]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"><cite about="#mwt23" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBPE"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211224051104/https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx" id="mwBPI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"History of 'In God We Trust'<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwBPM"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwBPQ">U.S. Department of the Treasury</i>. 2011. Archived from <a class="external text" href="https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx" id="mwBPU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on Dec 24, 2021.</cite><span about="#mwt23" class="Z3988" id="mwBPY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=U.S.+Department+of+the+Treasury&amp;rft.atitle=History+of+%27In+God+We+Trust%27&amp;rft.date=2011&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.treasury.gov%2Fabout%2Feducation%2FPages%2Fin-god-we-trust.aspx&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+22"></span></span>