A Camden furniture merchant was responsible for a phrase we see every time we open our wallets. Matt Rothert, Sr., was born in Indiana in 1904 andmoved to Camden twenty years later. He founded the Camden Furniture Company, serving as its president until he retired in 1975. But his true love wascoin collecting, a passion he developed when he found his father's old coins.

Rothert was active in the American Numismatic Association, serving as its president from 1965 to 1967. He wrote three books, including theaward-winning Arkansas Obsolete Notes and Scrip. But it was at church one day in 1953 that he first noted that only coins were marked with "InGod We Trust," leading him on a personal crusade to see the phrase added to paper currency. Rothert gave speeches and wrote letters in support of hisplan, leading Congress to pass legislation that President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law on July 11, 1955.

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