E pluribus unum 13 letters Symbolically the phrase E pluribus unum has 13 letters as does annuit coeptis This example of gematria isopsephy then represents the 13 colonies becoming the United States The back of the US 2010 penny features E pluribus unum and a shield with 13 vertical stripes The back of the US dollar includes these 13 letters among 13 symbolic references to the number 13 p 121 The Secret Symbols of the Dollar Bill by David Ovason Harper Collins 2004 The ancient practice of Hebrew gematria Greek isopsephy Arabic gematria and modern Simple 6 74 English 7 74 Gematria 8 74 appears to primarily concentrate on the gematric sums of words names i e Sargon 74 S19 a1 r18g7 o15 n14 But this is actually Step 2 of gematria 74 Step 1 of gematria 8 is simply counting the number of letters in a word name phrase Because of Latin Numerals not coinciding with their place in the Latin Alphabet i e I does not 1 Latin Gematria never gave much importance to Step 2 of gematric sum But the learned Romans and other learned practioners of Latin did recognize Step 1 of counting the Latin letters and giving significance to it This example of counting the number of letters and giving it importance and can be traced back to Plato s use of God is ever a geometer which in Greek equals 3 1 4 1 5 9 or 3 14159 pi Brad Watson Miami FL 64 136 26 22