September 1, 2010
FW: Historic Coin or Refuse the New Coin (False claim!)
According to Snopes.com, the below forwarded email claim about a new dollar coin coming out with the omission of “In God We Trust” is FALSE. This particular false email has been circulating since 2007.
It’s really easy to check out claims like the one below before passing them on.
1. Go to Snopes.com
2. Type into the search field whatever you’re looking for. (In this case, I typed in “Refuse the new coin”)
3. A true or false declaration with a brief definition pulls up. If there is no research done on a particular subject, that info will pull up as well.
FALSE - FORWARDED EMAIL BELOW:
U.S.Government to Release New Dollar Coins
Please help do this.. Refuse to accept these when they are handed to you.
I received one from the Post Office as change and I asked for a dollar bill instead.
The lady just smiled and said ‘way to go’, so she had read this e -mail.
Please help out..our world is in enough trouble without this too!!!!!
You guessed it
‘IN GOD WE TRUST’ IS GONE!!!
If ever there was a reason to boycott something, THIS IS IT!!!!
DO NOT ACCEPT THE NEW DOLLAR COINS AS CHANGE
Together we can force them out of circulation