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Token - City of Wheeling
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central relief depicting a log cabin in the foreground superimposed over a modern city skyline with tall buildings and radiating sunrays, symbolizing the city's growth from frontier settlement to modern metropolis. A reeded inner border frames the design, with the dates 1769 and 1969 flanking the lower field, three stars along the bottom, and the motto HONORING THE PAST / HAILING THE FUTURE inscribed in the lower central field. The curved legend BICENTENNIAL * CITY OF WHEELING arcs around the upper periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | BICENTENNIAL * CITY OF WHEELING HONORING THE PAST HAILING THE FUTURE 1769 1969 |
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| Reverse lettering | WHEELING 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRIENDLY CITY WEST VIRGINIA |
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