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Medal - Longines Symphonette Founding of Boonesborough
| Location | United States (US territories United States) |
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| Composition | Pewter |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a high-relief scene depicting Daniel Boone as a frontiersman striding forward through a wooded wilderness landscape, accompanied by a second figure behind him; a third figure is visible in the background. The date 1775 appears in the lower field. The legend FOUNDING OF BOONESBOROUGH curves along the upper rim, with DANIEL BOONE along the lower rim, and the engraver's initials JDL are visible at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a multi-line inscribed legend occupying the upper two-thirds of the field, with a relief depiction of a spread-winged American eagle holding an olive branch in the lower portion of the field. The flat, lightly textured field provides a plain background to both the text and the eagle device. |
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| Reverse lettering | DANIEL BOONE FRONTIERSMAN FOUNDED KENTUCKY'S FIRST WILDERNESS SETTLEMENT IN 1775 AFTER EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN KENTUCKY TERRITORY AND ARRANGING FOR ITS PURCHASE FROM THE CHEROKEE NATION. |
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