There is an old movie (which I have only seen parts of - never the full thing) where a guy puts on glasses that reveal the true nature of reality. Billboards with the glasses on say things like "consume" and "buy more." When the films character outs the glasses on and looks at money the paper bill reads "this is your god." This article reminds me of that movie. Very interesting. The imagery and words on the bill relating to god and the bible - thats very interesting. I think its true "what I believe you are saying - in part)  that there was a lot of psychological principles used in the creation of money to subtly influence how society perceives it. People need to believe in the idea of money so a good way to do that is to associate it with the divine - which you pointed out. 
Great post