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An eagle with a shield, arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other.
Also known as: Seal of the United States, American eagle seal, E pluribus unum seal, Eagle with arrows and branch
The Great Seal's eagle holds thirteen arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other, and it faces the olive branch — a deliberate statement that the nation prefers peace. The reverse of the seal, with the unfinished pyramid and eye, has never been cut as a die.
Denotes the United States as its official seal, showing a bald eagle bearing a shield, thirteen arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right.
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Has the eagle's head turned towards the olive branch rather than the arrows, a deliberate indication of a preference for peace.
Contexts: Public information
Has a reverse design — the unfinished pyramid and the Eye of Providence — that has never been cut as a physical die, though it is printed on the one-dollar bill.
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Carries the motto E pluribus unum on a scroll in the eagle's beak, adopted in 1782, long before 'In God We Trust' became the national motto in 1956.
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A bald eagle with wings spread, a striped shield on its breast, a bundle of arrows gripped in one talon and an olive branch in the other, a scroll in its beak and a constellation of stars above its head.