Coat of arms of New York
official government emblem of the U.S. state of New York
The coat of arms of the state of New York was formally adopted in 1778, and appears as a component of the state's flag and seal.
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| Use | Civil and state flag |
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| Adopted | April 2, 1901 |
 Variant flag of State of New York | |
| Name | Flag of the Governor of New York |
| Coat of arms of the State of New York | |
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 Great Seal of the State of New York | |
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| Armiger | State of New York |
| Adopted | 1778 (Seal and CoA) |
| Escutcheon | Azure, in a landscape, the sun in fess, rising in splendor or, behind a range of three mountains, the middle one the highest; in base a ship and sloop under sail, passing and about to meet on a river, bordered below by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper. |
| Supporters | Liberty and Justice |
| Motto | Excelsior |
The shield displays a masted ship and a sloop on the Hudson River (symbols of inland and foreign commerce), bordered by a grassy shore and a mountain range in the background with the sun rising behind it. The sun has a face on it. The unheraldic nature of the Hudson River landscape reveals the modern origin of the design.