File:Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg
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Summary
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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. |
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This United States Congress image is in the public domain. This may be because it was taken by an employee of the Congress as part of that person’s official duties, or because it has been released into the public domain and posted on the official websites of a member of Congress. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status. |
File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 03:23, 18 October 2026 | | 600 × 600 (340 KB) | wikimediacommons>Quaemenelimbus | Removed erroneous shading in the gaps between the leaves in the olive branch, fixed a small gap in the constellation's cloud outline |
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