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Token - Century of Progress Chicago
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1933 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Art Deco design featuring a stylized comet or celestial body with radiating lines sweeping across the field. The founding year 1833 appears in the upper left and the centennial year 1933 in the lower right, with the inscriptions SOUVENIR, A CENTURY OF PROGRESS, and CHICAGO arranged in the lower portion. The maker's name GREENDUCK CHI is incised in small letters along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Aerial panoramic view of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair grounds in low relief, depicting exhibition halls, pavilions, and infrastructure along the lakefront, with a stylized sky rendered through fine horizontal lines in the upper field. |
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