Great Seal of the United States depicted a lion holding seven arrows representing their seven provinces. State currency may have provided further inspiration; a 1775 South Carolina bill showed a bundle of 13 arrows and a 1775 Maryland note depicted a hand with an olive branch of 13 leaves. [[File:US Great Seal Charles Thomson Preliminary Design.jpg|thumb|left|[[Charles Thomson|Thomson's]] drawing, the basis for the final seal]] For the reverse, Thomson essentially kept Barton's design, but re-added the triangle around the Eye of Providence and changed the mottos to "Annuit Cœptis" and "Novus Ordo Seclorum". Thomson sent his designs back to Barton, who made some final alterations. The stripes
Great Seal of Quebec Great Seal of Quebec The Great Seal of Quebec is a seal used to authenticate documents issued by the government of Quebec that are released in the name of the Queen in Right of Quebec, including the appointment of the Executive Council and Minister (the Cabinet) as well as justices of the peace and judges of provincial courts. The seal is a blue with a large Fleur-de-lis in the centre surrounded by a ring of smaller fleur-de-lis. The words "Grand Sceau du Quebec" are found with the seal. It, in 1979, replaced an earlier version. The old Great Seal had