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| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a polar bear seated on rocky terrain, facing right, set against an Arctic landscape with a full moon rising over distant mountains and curtains of the Northern Lights radiating across the upper field. The date 1989 appears in the lower exergue, with the engraver's signature D. LINDSTRAND at lower right and the APM copyright mark at lower left. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces the Great Seal of Alaska as the central device, depicting a panoramic landscape with mountains, rays of the northern sun, a harbor with ships, forests, a smelter, and in the foreground a team of horses drawing a wagon along with agriculture and fishing imagery symbolizing the state's industries. The legend THE STATE SEAL OF ALASKA arcs along the upper border, with the denomination and fineness inscribed along the lower border. |
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