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Mardi Gras Token - Bacchus - Circus Parade New Orleans, Louisiana
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Composition | Aluminium |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a stylized clown face in high relief on the right side of the field, surrounded by flowing decorative scrollwork and radiating lines suggesting a sunburst or ruff collar. The legends BACCHUS, CIRCUS, PARADE, and the date 75 are arranged in an Art Nouveau-style lettering across the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | BACCHUS CIRCUS PARADE 75 |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a bearded bust of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, shown in three-quarter profile raising a goblet or cup to his lips with his right hand. The circular legend reads BACCHUS above with the founding year 1968 to the right, and MARDI GRAS - NEW ORLEANS along the lower periphery. |
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