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| Description | The 1866 counterdie made for the 1841 die of the Great Seal of the United States. It is sometimes called the "illegal die" because it only has six arrows instead of the required 13. This die was used until 1877. |
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Extracted from PDF version of Commemorating the Seal poster, part of a State Department exhibition on the Great Seal. Direct PDF URL [1] (33MB) |
| Author | U.S. Government. The 1841 die was created by John Peter Van Ness Throop; the counterdie has the same design but reversed and in relief. |
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