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 Lettering: NEW YORK 1788 GATEWAY TO FREEDOM 2001 E PLURIBUS UNUM AM Engraver: A. Maletsky