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DISPUTE OVER TAX
LEADS TO BOSTON
TEA PARTY
1773
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
DECEMBER 16, 1773
Patriots, disguised as Indians,
board ships in Boston Harbor
and hurl 342 chests of taxed
tea overboard. No other
property on the ships
is dumped.
FM
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
(FM) Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-2003)