e pluribus unum letters symbolically the phrase e pluribus unum has letters as does annuit coeptis this example of gematria isopsephy then represents the colonies becoming the united states the back of the us penny features e pluribus unum and a shield with vertical stripes the back of the us dollar includes these letters among symbolic references to the number p the secret symbols of the dollar bill by david ovason harper collins the ancient practice of hebrew gematria greek isopsephy arabic gematria and modern simple english gematria appears to primarily concentrate on the gematric sums of words names i e sargon s a r g o n but this is actually 'step ' of gematria 'step ' of gematria 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 latin gematria never gave much importance to step of gematric sum but the learned romans and other learned practioners of latin did recognize step 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 or pi brad watson miami fl