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For the city, see <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_New_York_City" title="Seal of New York City">Seal of New York City</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Official government emblem of the U.S. state of New York</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #369; color: white">Great Seal of the State of New York</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_New_York_(state).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Seal_of_New_York_%28state%29.svg/220px-Seal_of_New_York_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Seal_of_New_York_%28state%29.svg/330px-Seal_of_New_York_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Seal_of_New_York_%28state%29.svg/440px-Seal_of_New_York_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="379" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></th><td class="infobox-data">State of New York</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1882</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Liberty</b> and <b>Justice</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Excelsior</b>, <b>E Pluribus Unum</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Earlier version(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_New_York_(1901-2020).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Seal_of_New_York_%281901-2020%29.svg/200px-Seal_of_New_York_%281901-2020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Seal_of_New_York_%281901-2020%29.svg/300px-Seal_of_New_York_%281901-2020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Seal_of_New_York_%281901-2020%29.svg/400px-Seal_of_New_York_%281901-2020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="383" data-file-height="382" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Use</th><td class="infobox-data">Former Seal of New York used in 1901 until 2020</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #369; color: white">Coat of arms of the State of New York</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State.svg/440px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="990" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #369; color: white">Versions<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_York_state_coat_of_arms_(illustrated,_1876).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/New_York_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/175px-New_York_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/New_York_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/263px-New_York_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/New_York_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/350px-New_York_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="4160" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Historical_coats_of_arms_of_the_U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical coats of arms of the U.S. states">Historical coat of arms</a>, illustrated (1876)</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></th><td class="infobox-data">State of New York</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1778</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Liberty</b> and <b>Justice</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Excelsior</b>, <b>E Pluribus Unum</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Earlier version(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State_(1896-2020).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State_%281896-2020%29.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State_%281896-2020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State_%281896-2020%29.svg/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State_%281896-2020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State_%281896-2020%29.svg/400px-Coat_of_arms_of_New_York_State_%281896-2020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="990" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Use</th><td class="infobox-data">Coat of Arms of New York used in 1896 until addition of second motto in 2020</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>state seal of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></b> features the state arms (officially adopted in 1778) surrounded by the words "<b>The Great Seal of the State of New York</b>". A banner below shows the New York State motto <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/excelsior" class="extiw" title="wikt:excelsior">Excelsior</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "Ever Upward", and the secondary motto <i><a href="/wiki/E_pluribus_unum" title="E pluribus unum">E Pluribus Unum</a>,</i> Latin for "Out of Many, One"—adopted in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allegorical figures of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty (goddess)">Liberty</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Lady_Justice" title="Lady Justice">Justice</a> (right) support the shield and an American eagle spreads its wings above on a world globe. Liberty's left foot treads on a <a href="/wiki/Crown_(headgear)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown (headgear)">crown</a>, a symbol of freedom from the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a>, and holds a staff topped with a <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">Phrygian Cap</a>, a symbol of freedom and the pursuit of liberty. Justice is blindfolded and holds a sword in one hand and a scale in the other, symbolizing impartiality and fairness. </p><p>The center shield displays a masted ship and a sloop on the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> (symbols of inland and foreign commerce) bordered by a grassy shore and a mountain range with the sun rising behind it. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seal_of_New_York_(state)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first seal of New York was created by a committee appointed April 15, 1777, with the intent that it be used "for all the purposes for which the Crown Seal was used under the Colony."<sup id="cite_ref-GC_finding_aid_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GC_finding_aid-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the front of the seal there is an image of a rising sun with the motto "Excelsior" and the legend "The Great Seal of the State of New York." On the back is an image of Mount Beacon with the Hudson River in the Front (Across from West Point),<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> with the legend "Frustra." </p><p>The first seal was formally established by chapter 112 of the Laws of 1778, with some modifications in 1798 and 1809. There were apparently some informal variations over time as well, which led to the formation of a commission, in 1880, to determine the "exact description of the arms established in 1778."<sup id="cite_ref-1914_Annual_Report_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1914_Annual_Report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission's conclusions, which were reported to the New York Legislature in 1881 and included "a description of the arms in language such as might be sufficient for the exact arms of the state to be constructed," resulted in the fourth version of the seal, established by chapter 190 of the (New York State) laws of 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-1914_Annual_Report_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1914_Annual_Report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2020, New York passed a state budget which included a modification to the state arms; <i>E Pluribus Unum</i> ("Out of many, one") was appended to the existing motto.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_New_York_Court_of_Appeals.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the New York Court of Appeals"><img alt="Seal of the New York Court of Appeals" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Seal_of_the_New_York_Court_of_Appeals.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_New_York_Court_of_Appeals.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" 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