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Token - Boston Whist

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Year 1860
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Composition Brass
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Obverse description The obverse features the legend BOSTON-WHIST arched across the upper field within an ornate scrollwork border. The central field is occupied by a detailed scoring table in relief, divided into columns headed SPIELE and UEBER & UNTERLESEN, listing game variants and point values for the card game Boston Whist in German. Decorative foliate scrollwork fills the lower portion of the field.
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Reverse description The reverse displays a continuation of the Boston Whist scoring table in the central field, listing further game variants and corresponding point values in columns. Above the table, decorative foliate scrollwork ornaments the upper field, while the lower field features a relief depiction of a jester's mask flanked by foliate scrollwork.
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