Token - Charleston, South Carolina Tricentennial First Shot Fired in the Confederate War
Token - Charleston, South Carolina Tricentennial First Shot Fired in the Confederate War
€166,874.00
Location
United
States
Year
1970
Type
Tokens
Composition
Weight
12.5 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse description
First shot being fired on Fort Sumter
Obverse lettering
FIRST SHOT FIRED IN THE CONFEDERATE
WAR APRIL 12, 1861
FORT SUMTER CHARLESTON, S.C.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
300 TRICENTENNIAL 300
THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLES-TOWNE 1670
1970 CHARLESTON
`The City of Firsts`
