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North Carolina - Great Seal
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1976-1977 |
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| Weight | 33 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a richly detailed composite scene in high relief depicting prominent figures associated with North Carolina, including overlapping busts of two colonial-era statesmen in the center field, flanked by a standing minuteman at right and a woman gardening at lower left. Background elements include a classical rotunda, an obelisk monument, a figure planting crops, and a scroll bearing the signatures of Geo. Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn — North Carolina's signers of the Declaration of Independence. The legend NORTH CAROLINA arcs along the upper rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina in high relief. Two allegorical female figures occupy the central field: Liberty stands at left holding a pole topped with a liberty cap and a constitution scroll, while Plenty sits at right holding a sheaf of grain with a cornucopia and a ram at her feet. A banner inscribed MAY 20. 1775 appears between the figures. The circular legend reads THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA around the upper portion, and ESSE QUAM VIDERI with flanking stars along the lower border. |
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