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Great Seal of the United States (reverse)

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Dansk: Bagsiden af USAs store statssegl.
Deutsch: Siegel der USA, Rückseite.
English: Reverse of the Great Seal of the United States.
Español: Reverso del Gran Sello de los Estados Unidos.
Français : Revers du Grand sceau des États-Unis d'Amérique.
Italiano: Rovescio del Gran Sigillo degli Stati Uniti d'America.
日本語: アメリカ合衆国の国章の裏面。
Македонски: Опачина на грбот на Соединетите Американски Држави.
Svenska: Baksidan av USA:s stora sigill.
中文：​美國國徽的反面
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Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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current20:33, 30 July 2025Thumbnail for version as of 20:33, 30 July 2025521 × 521 (133 KB)Huntster (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 02:33, 25 February 2013 (UTC); reverting to previous state. Do not overwrite this image.
16:08, 30 July 2025Thumbnail for version as of 16:08, 30 July 2025512 × 512 (329 KB)HoosierMan1816 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 17:16, 30 June 2025 (UTC) The saturated colors are from the U.S. government as shown here: https://books.google.pt/books?id=niNIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
00:41, 29 July 2025Thumbnail for version as of 00:41, 29 July 2025521 × 521 (133 KB)Chekoventerprise (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 16:17, 30 June 2025 (UTC) This version matches the one on official U.S. government websites. The saturated color version is made by a non-government organization. The government website uses this exact source. https://www.govinfo.gov/features/great-seal
17:16, 30 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 17:16, 30 June 2025512 × 512 (329 KB)HoosierMan1816 (talk | contribs)The old photo does not have any age related issues. Higher quality versions of that same image released more recently confirm that the image has brighter colors. https://ourlostfounding.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Great-Seal-Reverse.png
16:17, 30 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 16:17, 30 June 2025521 × 521 (133 KB)Peterpumpkineater919 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 15:47, 30 June 2025 (UTC)They might be brighter (because of the image's age) but it's not a golden pyramid, nevertheless, a) that source isn't the most recent publication by the State Department about this issue; b) in either case, the layer on the pyramid with 1776 in roman numerals has bricks on it, your rendering has not.
16:03, 30 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 16:03, 30 June 2025512 × 512 (329 KB)HoosierMan1816 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 15:58, 18 June 2025 (UTC) This source https://books.google.pt/books?id=niNIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false very clearly shows brighter colors.
15:47, 30 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 15:47, 30 June 2025521 × 521 (133 KB)Peterpumpkineater919 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 14:53, 30 June 2025 (UTC)Neither the most recent publication about the Great Seat from the State Department (https://diplomacy.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Great-Seal-PDF.pdf#page=13.28) neither past publications from the same agency (https://books.google.pt/books?id=niNIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false) represent a golden pyramid. By the way, this is a featured picture, if you have to upload a new version of this (...
15:07, 30 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 15:07, 30 June 2025945 × 945 (329 KB)HoosierMan1816 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 14:41, 30 June 2025 (UTC) A singular article taking an image from Wikipedia is not proof of anything. That does not at all make your version the "official" version. My version better matches the original unedited image.
14:53, 30 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 14:53, 30 June 2025521 × 521 (133 KB)Peterpumpkineater919 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 14:36, 30 June 2025 (UTC)The fact that it was used by a .gov website proves the exact point I was trying to makeː this is the correct rendering of the reverse of the great seal of the US, otherwise they would be using the version at duckduckgo, also the color patterns are in accordance with the one provided by the State Department. Since this is an official symbol you need to provide the official government sources that rendering comes from
14:41, 30 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 14:41, 30 June 2025945 × 945 (329 KB)HoosierMan1816 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 14:32, 30 June 2025 (UTC) The image on that article was taken from Wikipedia. That article was published in 2020.
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