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Token - American Revolution Bicentennial Northborough, Massachusetts

Location United States
Year 1976
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse description The obverse features a high-relief scene depicting the Northborough Tea Party of February 1773, showing several colonial figures in a confrontational grouping before a period timber-frame building, with evergreen trees in the background. The field is bordered by a rope-twist rim. The legend arcs along the upper periphery, with the inscription TEA PARTY FEBRUARY 1773 appearing in the lower field.
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Reverse description The reverse displays a bust of a colonial-era figure in the central field, set before a detailed relief of a large Georgian or Federal-style public building. Two American flags flank the bust in the lower field, and the dates 1776-1976 appear along the bottom. The legend NORTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS arcs around the upper periphery, and a small maker's mark is visible in the lower right field. The design is enclosed within a rope-twist rim.
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