Editing Libertas (section)

==Post-classical==
[[File:Statue of Liberty 7.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=The Statue of Liberty in New York, United States of America|The [[Statue of Liberty]] (''Liberty Enlightening the World'') in [[New York City|New York]] derives from the ancient goddess Libertas.]]
The goddess Libertas is also depicted on the [[Great Seal of France]], created in 1848. This is the image which later influenced French sculptor [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]] in the creation of his statue of ''[[Statue of Liberty|Liberty Enlightening the World]]''.

Libertas, along with other Roman goddesses, has served as the inspiration for many modern-day [[personification]]s, including the Statue of Liberty on [[Liberty Island]] in the United States. According to the [[National Park Service]], the Statue's Roman robe is the main feature that invokes Libertas and the symbol of Liberty from which the statue derives its name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/teachercorner/page13.html |title=Robe |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2008-09-01}}</ref>

In addition, money throughout history has borne the name or image of Libertas.  As "[[Liberty (personification)|Liberty]]", Libertas was depicted on the obverse (heads side) of most coinage in the U.S. into the twentieth century{{snd}} and the image is still used for the [[American Gold Eagle]] gold [[bullion coin]].  The University of North Carolina records two instances of private banks in its state depicting Libertas on their banknotes;<ref name="Howgego1995">{{cite book|last=Howgego|first=C. J.|author-link=Christopher Howgego|title=Ancient history from coins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RvEEynd4ZiQC&pg=PA1|access-date=4 December 2011|year=1995|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-08993-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/numismatics,503 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524154825/http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/numismatics,503 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-24 |title=Bank of Fayetteville one-dollar note, 1855 |access-date=2008-09-01 }}</ref> Libertas is depicted on the 5, 10 and 20 [[Rappen]] denomination coins of [[Switzerland]].

The symbolic characters [[Columbia (name)|Columbia]] who represents the United States and [[Marianne]], who represents France, the Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World'') in [[New York Harbor]], and many other characters and concepts of the modern age were created, and are seen, as embodiments of Libertas.