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The Great Seal of United States is the official coat of arms of the United States. It is placed in official documents from the United States Government. The name is used both for the coat of arms, and the material seal itself, which is made by the United States' executive power. The design was submitted and accepted on June 20th, 1782.

The seal's design is used in national documents, such as passports, by the United States military, and flags. As a coat of arms, it has the national colors of the United States, but the material seal itself only has a basic black and white design (like when used on paper).

Since 1935, the two faces of the Great Seal appear in on the one dollar banknote.

Great Seal Of The United States Media

  • Coat of arms of the United States of America.svg

    A different version of the greater coat of arms found on the seal of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and the flag of the Secretary of State.

  • War in The Apotheosis of Washington.jpg

    The arms as held by Columbia in the war scene of the United States Capitol's 1865 Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi

  • The U.S. Department of State Building in Washington D.C..jpg

    A hatched rendering of the coat of arms being used at the Department of State headquarters at Harry S Truman Building.

  • GreatSealFirstDie.jpg

    The first (1782) die of the Great Seal of the United States, used until 1841. Today it is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

  • US Great Seal 1782 drawing.png

    Drawing of the imprint made by the 1782 (original) die of the Great Seal of the United States.

  • Great Seal of the United States of America (1782)

  • 1841USGreatSealDie.jpg

    The 1841 die of the Great Seal of the United States. It is sometimes called the "illegal die" because it only has six arrows instead of the required 13. This die was used until 1877.

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