Addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition today, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson told a story about how the Star of David came to be on the U.S. dollar bill.

Only one problem: There's no Star of David on the dollar bill.

Carson was telling the story of wealthy Jewish merchant Haym Salomon, who is said to have been a major financier of George Washington's troops during the Revolutionary War.

"Salomon gave all his funds to save the U.S. Army and, some say, no one knows for sure, that's the reason there's a Star of David on the back of the one dollar bill," Carson said in Washington, D.C.

There is a conspiracy theory that a design of stars arranged above the eagle on the U.S. seal printed on the bill forms a Jewish star and that this was done as a way to thank Salomon for his generosity.

But the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's Wayne Homren says there's no evidence to suggest any truth to support the theory that the stars were intentionally arranged to represent the Jewish star, let alone that it was done in Salomon's name.

"If you squint, you can say there's some resemblance but that certainly was not the intention of the designers, that we're aware," Homren told ABC News.

The Carson campaign has responded to the ABC News story, to say that Dr. Carson was re-telling a story of a common myth and not asserting it as fact.

"What should be noted is that American history is chock-full of legends and lore, many true, and many more apocryphal. Dr. Carson repeated one of these common myths about the six-point star on the reverse of the dollar bill," Deputy Communications Director Ying Ma said in an email. "He was careful to note, however, that the story was unconfirmed, saying only that some believe this, though 'no one knows for sure.' We may never know why the origin of the six-point star on the bill, but it should not distract from Dr. Carson's greater message, which is that we should always remember and honor the important role the American Jewish community has played in forging this great nation."

Bill Nyberg writes:

To read the complete article, see:
Ben Carson Thinks There's a Star of David on the Dollar Bill. There's Not. (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ben-carson-thinks-star-david-dollar-bill/story?id=35562091)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
WHO WAS HAYIM SOLOMON? (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n19a19.html)
MORE ON HAYM SOLOMON (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n20a15.html)