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Dewey Celebration Token

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Tokens Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 80.00 USD
Dewey Celebration Token
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This item SOLD at 2017 Jul 08 @ 16:37UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Obverse: Dewey Celebration / (portrait) / 1899 / New York; Rev.: (pictorial ship) / Olympia. White metal, 15mm, round.

Returning to the United States in 1899 after his success in the Spanish-American War, George Dewey received a hero's welcome. New York City's September 1899 welcome home celebration for Dewey was a two-day parade. State: New York City: HWAC#: 47943 Date: 1899