The original coat of arms was granted by royal warrant from King Charles I of England in 1637. At the time, the island of Newfoundland was known as Terra Nova, and it wasn't yet joined with Labrador.

Trinidad and Tobago is redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonisation – a move lauded by many in the eastern ...

The ACT's coat of arms has been displayed incorrectly as part of the government's "logo" on a number of public buildings around Canberra. In some cases, the swans appear to be the wrong way around.