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Identifying Mint Of 1979 Of Hermes Obv. & Headless Horseman Rev.

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 Posted 04/18/2016  6:03 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Zzyzx to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi,
I have a 1979 Mardi Gras token & am attempting to identify the mint. Hermes coin of Olympus Carnival New Orleans on obv. & Hermes XXXIX over Headless horseman "return to Sleepy Hollow on rev.
Sawicki is the designers name on the coin.
It is an aluminum token.
Thanks,
Tom
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 Posted 04/20/2016  11:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's the Krewe of Hermes. The Krewe/float theme for 1979 Carnival / Mardi Gras was "Return To Sleepy Hollow." They were issued in Gold and Silver aluminum as parade throws, and (very rare) .999 fine silver, usually to Krewe members.

KoH uses literature, Fairy Tale/Folktale themed floats, and Shakespeare, among others, and lately has switched to mythology. They're the oldest still-operating Carnival Krewe in NO & if you go to the corner of Napoleon & Magazine "around sundown" (Lawrence Square) the Friday before Fat Tuesday you'll be at the start of their parade route. Not a huge mega-club like Bacchus & Endymion, but they have great "throws." They also have a famous social ball (big bucks and ultra formal) with elaborate proceedings; debutantes and socialites aspire to the court of the Queen.

My parents lived in NO for many years & I was born in LA so I have boxes full of doubloons, beads, etc. Quite fun to learn the histories behind them and the themes.
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Thanks for the response. But I would still like to know who designed the coins & what mit produced them. Any suggestion as to how to get this information?
Thanks
Tom
Never been to Mardi Gras, but I have spent about 45 yrs in Vegas & it gets nuts here on occasion. I have been to the French Quarter, loved it! Maybe next year!
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