(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.
223,062 Contributions. 1792 was the year the US Mint began operations.   The first official coins were half cents and cents made for circulation in 1793. Other denominations followed over the nâ¦ext few years - half dimes, half dollars, and dollars in 1794, $5 and $10 gold in 1795, and dimes and $2.50 gold in 1796.