File:Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg

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Description

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.

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 DC NorCal.svg

US Seal Coat of Arms
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Licensing

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.

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.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:10, 10 January 2020	600 × 600 (444 KB)	AndreyKva	Reverted to version as of 17:59, 9 November 2019 (UTC). SVGO broke the thumbnail.
	00:10, 10 January 2020	600 × 600 (250 KB)	AndreyKva	Optimized using SVGO.
	17:59, 9 November 2019	600 × 600 (444 KB)	Ka56789
	17:11, 9 November 2019	38 × 38 (2.19 MB)	Ssolbergj	high res
	21:50, 14 May 2011	600 × 600 (444 KB)	Zscout370	Simple SVG
	16:06, 5 May 2011	600 × 600 (529 KB)	Ssolbergj	reduce size
	20:08, 3 May 2011	600 × 600 (549 KB)	Ssolbergj	adjust
	22:46, 27 April 2011	726 × 726 (530 KB)	Ssolbergj	.
	22:30, 27 April 2011	726 × 726 (538 KB)	Ssolbergj	more visible text
	16:03, 27 April 2011	726 × 726 (554 KB)	Ssolbergj	white background, more in line with the official File:US-GreatSeal-Obverse.png