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Description Press and cabinet made for the 1885 die of the Great Seal of the United States by Tiffany & Co. This was used until 1904, when a new die and press was made (the 1904 press is still in use today).
Date (die); photo from the 1870s.
Source Scanned from page 291 of The Eagle and the Shield by Richard Patterson and Richardson Dougall, 1978. In turn from Bernard J. Cigrand's 1903 book Story of the Great Seal of the United States, following page 286. Photo apparently provided then by the Army.
Author Photo courtesy of the Institute of Heraldry, United States Army.

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