A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short), in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people) and used by them in a wide variety of ways. Unlike seals and emblems, coats of arms have a formal description that is expressed as a blazon.

 

The Polish coat of arms is regulated by article 28(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997. The Coat of arms of Poland consists of a white eagle on a red field. Its current appearance, regulated by the Coat of Arms Act, consists of single-headed, crowned eagle, turned towards right with golden claws and beak, upon the red shield. White and red are the national colours of the Republic of Poland, regulated by the Act.

Poland

Polish-Land Forces         Navy                     Air Forces

 

Coat of Arms is different from Seals. While the Great Seal of the United States is often said to be the coat of arms of the United States of America. Although the seal contains some armorial elements, it was not designed to be used as a coat of arms and does not fully conform with European heraldic traditions. However, the main point of contention in this dispute is a matter of wording; the blazon is intentionally improper to preserve the number 13 in the symbolism. Nevertheless, the design of the Great Seal of the United States owes more to Roman civil government seals than to medieval European heraldry. The U.S. state of Vermont, founded as the Vermont Republic, follows the American convention of assigning use of a seal for authenticating official state documents, but also has the coat of arms of Vermont. It is the only U.S. state to have authentic armorial bearings described in a blazon

 

Coat of Arms of Vermont

US-Air Forces                    US-Navy

 

You can find more  Coat of Arms here

 

I guess most people know that Eagle is the national bird and symbol of United States. But eagle was also one of the  four main base-units of denomination prior 1933. There are  the cent, the dime, the dollar, and the eagle.10 cents=1 dime,10 dimes=1 dollar, 10 dollars=1 eagle.

And you can see most US seals, coins, currencies featuring eagle, for example

 

The left one is Great Seal of the United States, is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the US government. The rights one is the Seal of the President of the United Stated, is the official arms of the U.S. presidency.

 

Let's see the current US coins featuring eagles

 

 

 

They are Kennedy Half Dollar, SBA Dollar,Quarter, Eisenhower Dollar, Sacagawea Dollar.

I like the Kennedy Half Dollar most, because it's very big and more details:)For more pictures,see the Photo Album.

 

 

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