Année d'émission 1957
Métal Bronze
Particularité Commémorative
Quantité frappée 5
Rareté R2 - Très rare
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Country: United States
Type: Token
Mint: Richmond
Mintage: 5,000
Year: 1957
Currency: So-called Dollars
Composition: Bronze, oxidized
Weight: 12.5 g.
Diameter: 33 mm
Shape: Round
Demonetized: Yes
Commemorative issue:
230th anniversary of the King William County Circuit Court (Distributed at the same time as the Jamestown Festival, celebrating 350th anniversary of Jamestown landing).
Obverse:
Edifice with legend above and below.
Lettering:
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SUPREME COURT
OLDEST COURTHOUSE
IN CONTINUOUS USE
1725-1957
LIBERTY OR TYRANNY
Reverse:
Seal of Circuit Court within center circle; lettering outside, all around.
Lettering:
CIRCUIT COURT, KING WILLIAM COUNTY VA.
Designer: E. R. Lafferty from Richmond
Edge:
Plain.
Mint:
Wendell-Northwestern from Minneapolis, United States.
Comments:
Medal issued by County Citizens Committee concurrent with but "as an independent part of" County observance of Jamestown Festival, then celebrating 350th anniversary of Jamestown landing. Design of piece "commemorates the past...inscription...concerns itself with the present." Accompanying medal was copy of "Declaration," original of which hangs in county courthouse, protesting certain decisions of U.S. Supreme Court pertaining to desegregation.
Medal designed by E. R. Lafferty, Richmond; 5,000 pieces struck by Wendell-Northwestern; sold by The Clerk's Office, King William for $1.
https://www.so-calleddollars.com/Events/King_William_County_Circuit_Court.html
Référence : H.K # 708
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumi...
Collection : US Colonial Issues, Tokens USA & North America (1616-date)