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English: Obverse of the Great Seal of the United States.
Español: Anverso del Gran Sello de los Estados Unidos.
Deutsch: Vorderseite des Großen Siegel der Vereinigten Staaten
Български: Герб на Съединените американски - лице.
Македонски: Грб на Соединетите Американски Држави - лице.
Русский: Большая печать США.
Українська: Велика печатка Сполучених Штатів.
中文：​美国国徽
Date basic design 1782; many design details 1885; this file 2007
Source Extracted from PDF version of Our Flag, available here (direct PDF URL here.)
Author U.S. Government
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Public domain from a copyright standpoint, but other restrictions apply. 18 U.S.C. § 713 states that nobody can knowingly display any printed or other likeness of the Great Seal of the United States, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
Other versions

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  • US Seal Coat of Arms
    US Seal Coat of Arms
  • Bitmap version
    Bitmap version
  • Reverse side
    Reverse side
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Licensing

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Great Seal of the United States (obverse).

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current14:00, 24 June 2022Thumbnail for version as of 14:00, 24 June 2022600 × 600 (335 KB)HapHaxionattempt to reduce file size
00:10, 10 January 2020Thumbnail for version as of 00:10, 10 January 2020600 × 600 (444 KB)AndreyKvaReverted to version as of 17:59, 9 November 2019 (UTC). SVGO broke the thumbnail.
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