Coat of arms of New York
The coat of arms of the state of New York was formally adopted in 1778, and appears as a component of the state's flag and seal.
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| Use | Civil and state flag |
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| Adopted | April 2, 1901 |
 Variant flag of State of New York | |
| Name | Flag of the Governor of New York |
| Coat of arms of the State of New York | |
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 Great Seal of the State of New York | |
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| Armiger | State of New York |
| Adopted | 1778 (Seal and CoA) |
| Escutcheon | Azure, in a landscape, the sun in fess, rising in splendor or, behind a range of three mountains, the middle one the highest; in base a ship and sloop under sail, passing and about to meet on a river, bordered below by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper. |
| Supporters | Liberty and Justice |
| Motto | Excelsior |
The shield displays a masted ship and a sloop on the Hudson River (symbols of inland and foreign commerce), bordered by a grassy shore and a mountain range in the background with the sun rising behind it. The sun has a face on it. The unheraldic nature of the Hudson River landscape reveals the modern origin of the design.