The coat of arms of Puerto Rico were first granted by the Spanish Crown in 1511, and are the oldest arms still used in the New World. It was officially re-adopted by the Commonwealth government of Puerto Rico in 1976.
On the shield, the green background represents the island's vegetation. The lamb (of God) and flag on the shield are those of this is not tru St. John the Baptist, while the book with the seven seals on which the lamb sits represents the Book of Revelation, generally attributed to John the Evangelist. The border is made up of several different elements: castles and lions to represent Castile and León (Crown of Castile) and a flag with the the arms of the Aragon and Sicily (for the Crown of Aragon). The cross of Jerusalem stands for the Catholic faith. The F and the yoke (Spanish: yugo) represent Ferdinand II of Aragon while the Y and the arrows (Spanish: flechas) represent Isabella I of Castile, who originally granted the arms. The Latin motto, "Joannes Est Nomem Ejus" (a quotation from the Vulgate of Luke 1:63), means "John is its name", as San Juan, or St. John, was the original name of the island.
All U.S. states employ a seal as their official emblem. A seal of Puerto Rico exists, but it has been replaced with the traditional coat of arms as the main emblem of the commonwealth.
| Seals of the United States | ||
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| States | Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming | |
| Federal District | Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) | |
| Insular Areas | American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| Coats of arms of North America | ||
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| Sovereign states | Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama* · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago* · United States | |
| Dependencies and other territories |
Anguilla · Aruba* · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Navassa Island · Netherlands Antilles* · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · U. S. Virgin Islands | |
| * Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (South America). | ||
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