Novus ordo seclorum
MOTTO THAT APPEARS ON AMERICAN CURRENCY
Novus Ordo Seclorum; Novus Ordo Saeculorum; Novus Ordo Sæculorum; Novus Ordo Sæclorum; Novus Ordo Saeclorum; Novus ordo saeclorum; Novus ordo sæclorum
The phrase Novus ōrdō sēclōrum (, ; "New order of the ages") is the second of two mottos added by the secretary of the Congress of the Confederation, Charles Thomson, on the reverse (the back side) of the Great Seal of the United States (the first motto is Annuit cœptis).