Yorktown Bicentennial Bronze Coin
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Sold bronze coin, 50 mm diameter, 4 mm thickness wrapped in plastic and cardboard. Face is depiction of Conwallis' surrender at Yorktown as painted by John Trumbull. Trasnsverse features wrapped wording, "Yorktown Bcentennial 1781 * 1981." Left facing eagle with banner in beak which reads "E Pluribus Unium", and shield over breast. Under eagle reads "One Nation Under God Indivisible." Below that are three flags, (left to right), French, Great Britain, and United States. Edge reads solid bronze, participant. Ms. Hines, a retired teacher from Tabb Missle School in Yorktown, Virginia, volunteered in 1981 to assemble a Bicentennial choir composed of Virginia high school students for the Yorktown Bicentennial. For her participation in the event, Ms. Hines was awarded a participant coin.
Access and use
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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