Coat of arms of Puerto Rico
The coat of arms of Puerto Rico was first granted by the Spanish Crown on November 8, 1511, making it the oldest heraldic achievement still currently in use in the Americas. The territory was ceded by Spain to the United States in accordance to the peace treaty that ended the Spanish–American War in 1899, after which two interim arms were adopted briefly. A law was passed in 1905 that reestablished the historical armorial bearings as the arms of the territory. Then in 1976, after numerous investigations and amendments, the current version was adopted.
| Coat of arms of Puerto Rico | |
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| Armiger | Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) |
| Adopted | 1511 |
| Motto | Joannes Est Nomen Eius, Latin "John is his name". |
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