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Token - FIDE World Chess Championship 1972
| Location | Iceland |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Diameter | 30 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts two facing portrait busts in high relief — Boris Spassky on the left and Bobby Fischer on the right — confronting each other across a chess board rendered in the lower field. The names 'Spassky' and 'Fischer' are inscribed in script lettering on the chess board surface. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears fully incuse multi-line text across the field reading 'FIDE / WORLD CHESS / CHAMPIONSHIP / REYKJAVÍK / 1972 / SKÁKSAMBAND / ÍSLANDS', identifying the issuing body as the Icelandic Chess Federation and the event as the 1972 World Chess Championship held in Reykjavík. |
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