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Mardi Gras
| Issuer | American Art Classics |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a costumed jester in a green and black tri-pointed hat set against a harlequin-pattern underprint. Comedy and tragedy masks flank the note at left; an ornate carnival mask appears at right. Denomination 1699 printed at lower corners with CELEBRATE and MARDI GRAS along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / MARDI GRAS / 1699 / CELEBRATE! / FATTUESDAY / NOT LEGAL TENDER / SERIES 1 / Copyright 2003 American Art Classics, Inc. |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio-style vignette of Lady Liberty in carnival dress beside a Bourbon Street lamp post, flanked by two photographic vignettes: a Mardi Gras Indian in elaborate red feathered costume at left and a festival street scene at right. Denomination 1699 appears at both lower corners, with fleur-de-lis ornaments at each corner. |
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