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

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Summary

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. 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	Derivative works of this file: E.D.Mo. Seal.svg US DC NorCal.svg US Seal Coat of Arms Bitmap version Reverse side
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This seal was created with Inkscape.

Licensing

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File history

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Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
15:58, 28 January 2011		726 × 726 (576 KB)	Ssolbergj	Reduce size, fix eagle's "eyebrow", improve edges and colour of wings, fix the coat of arms (its chief should not have black border).
18:11, 4 October 2010		726 × 726 (614 KB)	Uwe Dedering	deleted a lot of clippings
18:25, 5 September 2008		726 × 726 (742 KB)	PatríciaR	from http://tools.wikimedia.pl/~beau/imgs/ (recovering lost file)
04:57, 28 January 2008	No thumbnail	(742 KB)	Ipankonin	gigantic fancy border
23:30, 16 January 2008		720 × 720 (738 KB)	Ipankonin	reduce gigantic outline on the shield
06:39, 15 January 2008		720 × 720 (738 KB)	Ipankonin	step gradients -> radial gradients
05:31, 15 January 2008		720 × 720 (735 KB)	Ipankonin	replaced some step-gradients with real SVG radial gradients
10:34, 12 December 2007		720 × 720 (749 KB)	Ipankonin	removed stars per [[http://www.state.gov/www/publications/great_seal.pdf US State Dept.]
22:20, 14 November 2007		720 × 720 (763 KB)	Ktims	Re-extracted from same PDF as original. Image appears identical - but file size is 1.3MB smaller.
14:55, 28 September 2007		720 × 720 (2.1 MB)	Clindberg	==Summary== {Information \|Description={{en\|Obverse of the en:Great Seal of the United States.}} \|Source=Extracted from PDF version of ''Our Flag'', available [http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Flags_vrd.htm here] (direct PDF U