<Tr> <Td> Thickness of copper sheeting </Td> <Td> 3 / 32 of an inch </Td> <Td> 2.4 mm </Td> </Tr> <P> Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty are displayed worldwide . A smaller version of the statue, one - fourth the height of the original, was given by the American community in Paris to that city . It now stands on the Île aux Cygnes, facing west toward her larger sister . A replica 30 feet (9.1 m) tall stood atop the Liberty Warehouse on West 64th Street in Manhattan for many years; it now resides at the Brooklyn Museum . In a patriotic tribute, the Boy Scouts of America, as part of their Strengthen the Arm of Liberty campaign in 1949--1952, donated about two hundred replicas of the statue, made of stamped copper and 100 inches (2,500 mm) in height, to states and municipalities across the United States . Though not a true replica, the statue known as the Goddess of Democracy temporarily erected during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 was similarly inspired by French democratic traditions--the sculptors took care to avoid a direct imitation of the Statue of Liberty . Among other recreations of New York City structures, a replica of the statue is part of the exterior of the New York - New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . </P> <P> As an American icon, the Statue of Liberty has been depicted on the country's coinage and stamps . It appeared on commemorative coins issued to mark its 1986 centennial, and on New York's 2001 entry in the state quarters series . An image of the statue was chosen for the American Eagle platinum bullion coins in 1997, and it was placed on the reverse, or tails, side of the Presidential Dollar series of circulating coins . Two images of the statue's torch appear on the current ten - dollar bill . The statue's intended photographic depiction on a 2010 forever stamp proved instead to be of the replica at the Las Vegas casino . </P> <P> Depictions of the statue have been used by many regional institutions . Between 1986 and 2000, New York State issued license plates with an outline of the statue to either the front or the side of the serial number . The Women's National Basketball Association's New York Liberty use both the statue's name and its image in their logo, in which the torch's flame doubles as a basketball . The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League depicted the statue's head on their third jersey, beginning in 1997 . The National Collegiate Athletic Association's 1996 Men's Basketball Final Four, played at New Jersey's Meadowlands Sports Complex, featured the statue in its logo . The Libertarian Party of the United States uses the statue in its emblem . </P>

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