Image: HopkinsonGreatSealDesignReverse
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Description: The reverse side of Francis Hopkinson's design for the Great Seal of the United States, done as part of the second committee (of three) to attempt a design (which was unsuccessful). Hopkinson's description was:
Liberty is seated in a chair holding an olive branch and her staff is topped by a Liberty cap. The motto `Virtute perennis' means `Everlasting because of virtue.' The date in Roman numerals is 1776. This was a very slight modification of a design made by Hopkinson a few days previously.
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