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Art_from_Ark

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35. I didn't know that 13 was a Masonic number

Reply to RevStPatrick (Reply #34)

Fri Jan 13, 2012, 12:17 AM

Jan 2012

Officially, the number 13 (as symbolized by stars, etc.) on US coins and currency is supposed to represent the original 13 states.

The pyramid-and-eye design on the back of the dollar bill, which has been around since 1935, is both intriguing and a little creepy.

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