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Dollar - U.S. Centennial Exposition Fountain
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Composition | Gold plated copper (copper gilt) |
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| Obverse description | Detailed relief depiction of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union Centennial Fountain in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, showing a central elevated figure surrounded by four subsidiary statues on pedestals, all set upon a tiered base. The legend arches above the fountain in the upper field, with a five-line dedicatory inscription occupying the lower portion of the field below a horizontal baseline. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central emblem of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America featuring a Latin cross with radiating glory in the center of a circular wreath-like ring, flanked by shamrock sprigs, surmounted by a banner bearing the initials C T A U of A. The circular legend reads around the full periphery of the field. |
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