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Mardi Gras Token - Bal Masque Everything is Beautiful in an Impossible Dream, New Orleans, Louisiana
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Event token |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central device composed of a bust in left profile, likely representing a historical or allegorical figure, set against a draped American flag and a crowned female figure holding a torch aloft with radiating rays in the field. The curved legend around the upper portion reads EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL IN AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM, with the date 1972 in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL IN AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM 1972 |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large stylized Mardi Gras masquerade mask as the central device, with almond-shaped eye openings and feathered decorative elements extending to either side. The legend BAL MASQUE arcs along the upper rim with the year 1949 below it, NEW ORLEANS appears on a ribbon across the lower portion of the mask, and MARDI GRAS is inscribed along the bottom rim. A small engraver's mark is visible at the left edge of the mask. |
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