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Great Seal of the United States

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Great Seal of the United States: see United States, Great Seal of the United States, Great Seal of the, official impression that validates a United States government document. It was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1782 and, with only minor changes in the design, remains in use today.
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The two circular images on this side of the bill are the front and back of the Great Seal of the United States.
One" and "The original national motto included on the Great Seal of the United States of America proposed in 1776 and adopted in 1782.
When the Continental Congress in 1782 placed the bald eagle in the center of the Great Seal of the United States, an olive branch in one claw and 13 arrows in the other, there were as many as a half-million eagles in the skies of North America.
 
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