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Description Impression made by the 1877 die of the Great Seal of the United States. This die repeated errors made on the 1841 die, and was only used until 1885. The impression is from an August 1, 1879 proclamation by Rutherford B. Hayes, which was a consular convention with the Netherlands (originally signed on May 23, 1878).
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Source Scanned from page 227 of The Eagle and the Shield by Richard Patterson and Richardson Dougall, 1978.
Author Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

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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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