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Commodore William Bainbridge and the action between USS Constitution and HMS Java Restrike
| Location | United States |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Commodore William Bainbridge in high relief, facing right, wearing a naval officer's coat with epaulettes and decorative buttons. The circumferential legend reads in Latin around the bust, with the engraver's signature FURST. F. appearing in small letters at the lower right of the field and a small star ornament at the bottom. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Detailed nautical scene depicting USS Constitution under full sail flying the American flag to the right, alongside the defeated and dismasted HMS Java to the left, both vessels surrounded by cannon smoke on a choppy sea. A four-line Latin inscription in the exergue records the date of the engagement, with PUGNANDO arching across the top of the field and the engraver's signature FURST. F. below the exergual text. |
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