Seal of North Carolina Small 318×320 Medium 636×640 Large 1017×1024 Download TIFF Original 2400×2416 | (1.4 MB) Description The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina, 1773. The seal shows Liberty standing and Plenty holding a cornucopia. Below is the state motto, 'Esse Quam Videri' meaning "To Be Rather Than To Seem." Keywords America, cornucopia, Esse Quam Videri, great seal of North Carolina, liberty, North Carolina seal, Plenty, state motto, State Seal, United States, US state Galleries North Carolina, State Flags and Seals Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
