| Great Seal of the State of New Jersey | |
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Coat of Arms of New Jersey |
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| Armiger | State of New Jersey |
| Adopted | 1777 (modified 1928) |
| Motto | Liberty and Prosperity |
The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey includes:
It was originally designed by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere in 1777 and was modified slightly in 1928.[1]
The seal is the central motif in the flag of New Jersey.
The seal is described in New Jersey statute Title 52, §2-1[2]:
The great seal of this state shall be engraved on silver, which shall be round, of two and a half inches in diameter and three-eighths of an inch thick; the arms shall be three ploughs in an escutcheon, azure; supporters, Liberty and Ceres. The Goddess Liberty to carry in her dexter hand a pole, proper, surmounted by a cap gules, with band azure at the bottom, displaying on the band six stars, argent; tresses falling on shoulders, proper; head bearing over all a chaplet of laurel leaves, vert; overdress, tenne; underskirt, argent; feet sandaled, standing on scroll. Ceres: Same as Liberty, save overdress, gules; holding in left hand a cornucopia, or, bearing apples, plums and grapes surrounded by leaves, all proper; head bearing over all a chaplet of wheat spears, vert. Shield surmounted by sovereign's helmet, six bars, or; wreath and mantling, argent and azure. Crest: A horse's head, proper. Underneath the shield and supporting the goddesses, a scroll azure, bordered with tenne, in three waves or folds; on the upper folds the words "Liberty and Prosperity" ; on the under fold in Arabic numerals, the figures "1776". These words to be engraved round the arms, viz., "The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey".
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