What state seals say about America and what they don't

What state seals say about America and what they don't

Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock What state seals say about America and what they don’t The United States of America isn’t short on symbols that evoke a sense of national patriotism—from “the stars and stripes” to the Statue of Liberty and even Uncle Sam. To truly understand the U.S., you must look past Washington D.C. and the White House and delve into the individual states—because the plurality of the nation’s 50 states is as much a defining featur…

Arms - A Heraldic Motif Used on Coins and Medals

Examples of Arms on numismatic objects. From left to right: New York Excelsior Copper with New York Coat of Arms; 1884 California gold charm with crude State Seal; The back of $1 Federal Reserve Note with the Great Seal of the United States. Image: Stack’s Bowers/CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..   In heraldry, “arms” are symbols that refer to a nation, polity, family, or corporation. These symbols are used to …