(plural paradigm shifts) 1  A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm. ( US) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new belief.
The use of IN GOD WE TRUST has not been uninterrupted. The motto disappeared from the five-cent coin in 1883, and did not reappear until production of the Jefferson nickel began in 1938. Since 1938, all United States coins bear the inscription.
2011 United States Army Silver Dollar. The 2011 United States Army Silver Dollar honors the first branch of the US Military which was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. It was struck by the United States Mint as part of the larger 2011 United States Army Commemorative Coin Program. Congress authorized the coins with the United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-450).