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Medal - Boston Tea Party
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | A detailed high-relief scene depicting the Boston Tea Party, showing colonists on the deck of a tall ship heaving crates of tea overboard into the harbor below. Additional figures are visible in the rigging and along the ship's hull, with tea chests and loose tea visible in the water in the lower field. The legend appears in the left field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the seal of the Boston Society of Natural History, displayed as a quartered heraldic shield within a decorative floral border. The upper half of the shield depicts three hills, the lower-left quarter bears three crowns, and the lower-right quarter shows a sailing ship dated 1630. The circular legend surrounds the seal. |
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| Reverse lettering | ·SIG·BOST·SOC·INST·BOSTONIAE·IN·NOVA·ANGLIA·1881 FM (Translation: Seal of the Boston Society/Institute of Boston in New England) |
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