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Mardi Gras Token - Krewe of Caesar Extra! Extra!, Metairie, Louisiana
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Composition | Aluminium |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a newsboy in cap standing behind a newspaper stand against a brick wall background, holding a newspaper and calling out. A banner across the lower field bears the legend EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!, with the date 1990 at upper left and a price sign reading NEWSPAPERS ONLY 25¢ at upper right. A masked Mardi Gras figure is visible in low relief at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a right-facing portrait bust of Julius Caesar wearing a laurel wreath, set within a beaded inner border. The legend KREWE OF CAESAR arcs across the upper field, with MARDI GRAS METAIRIE, LA. along the lower periphery. Flanking the portrait are the founding year 1978 and its Roman numeral equivalent MCMLXXVIII at lower left, and the motto VENI VIDI VICI with SPQR at lower right. |
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