File:1904 US Great Seal die.jpg

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Description The 1904 die of the Great Seal of the United States. This was a slight refinement over the 1885 die, and was used for many decades before being replaced by an identical version. Today's die is basically identical to this one; newer dies have been recut using this as a model.
Date Made in 1903, delivered and first used in 1904
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Extracted from PDF version of Commemorating the Seal poster, part of a State Department exhibition on the Great Seal. Direct PDF URL [1] (33MB)

Image courtesy of the National Archives (#15516) [apparently not an ARC ID]
Author U.S. Government. The die was created by Max Zeitler.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.

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