The Statue of Liberty against a map of the state displaying a line
tracing the Hudson River and the route of the Erie Canal
is accompanied with the state's name ("NEW YORK"),
the date of its admission into Union ("1788"),
the words ("GATEWAY TO FREEDOM"), 11 stars,
signifying the fact that New York was the 11th state to ratify the Constitution,
and the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM", designed by Daniel Carr
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NEW YORK
1788
GATEWAY
TO
FREEDOM
AM
2001
E PLURIBUS UNUM
Translation: Out of Many, One
Engraver: Alfred Maletsky