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12) Sears, Belk, J. C. Penney, and Montgomery Ward computers
were prefixing their transactions with the number 666, as
mandated by its computer programming.
13) Shoes made in Italy had 666 stamped on the inside label. It
consisted of a circle, divided in half; with a horned lamb (see Rev.
13:11) on top, and the number 666 on the bottom. It was later put
on all Common Market products.
14) IBM computer equipment in supermarkets had the number
3X666 on them.
15) Visa credit cards represent the number 666: the Roman
numeral for 6 is “VI”; the number 6 in ancient Greek was taken
from the sixth letter of their alphabet, the letter “stigma,” which
looks like the English “S”; and in the Babylonian sexagesimal
system, and “A” represented 6. Thus the word VISA forms the
number 666.
16) Computers manufactured by Lear Siegler, Inc. in the U.S. and
shipped to Israel, had a seal on the side stamped with the number
666, which was later discontinued.
17) The Federal Government Medicaid Service Employees
Division number was 666.
18) The Internal Revenue Service’s ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms) Division had the number 666 on their employeés
badges.
19) In 1977, the IRS began requiring the number 666 as a prefix on
forms for tax payments on Individual Retirement Accounts (form
W-2P): Disability is 666.3, death is 666.4, etc. After a lot of protest,
it was omitted in 1978-79, but resumed in 1980-81.
20) IRS instructions for the 1979 non-profit Corporation Employee
W-2 form, required the prefix 666.
21) Some states had the number 666 on their requisition
paperwork.
22) President Carter’s secret security force had patches with the
number 666 on them.
23) Chrysler Corporation manufactured tanks for President
Carter’s secret security force that had the number 666 on the side.
24) A contest sponsored by the Israeli Dept. of Education in 1980,
featured a tic-tac-toe game, that allowed you to win money if you
scratched off the numbers 666.
25) The McGregor Clothing Co. had introduced a “666 Collection”
of menswear.