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Mardi Gras Token - Bacchus Jim Nabors, New Orleans, Louisiana
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Event token |
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| Obverse description | Central device features a stylized portrait bust of actor Jim Nabors facing forward, wearing a laurel wreath crown, with an exaggerated grinning expression evoking the Bacchus theme. The date 1971 appears in the lower field below the bust. The surrounding legend reads BACCHUS SALUTES MARDI GRAS along the upper rim and JIM NABORS, BACCHUS III along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | BACCHUS SALUTES MARDI GRAS 1971 JIM NABORS, BACCHUS III |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a classical bust of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, shown in right profile with curly hair adorned with a cluster of grapes, raising a goblet to his lips with one hand. The ornate legend BACCHUS arcs across the upper field in decorative lettering, with the date 1968 to the right. The lower legend reads MARDI GRAS · NEW ORLEANS along the rim. |
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