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Mardi Gras Dubloons

 

1969 Mardi Gras dubloons showing FG.  2 gold-colored and 2 silver-colored.  Aluminum.  Dated 1969.  Club Lucky 18.  “Organized 1960.”  Signed “CHA” on both sides.  1.5” in diameter.  Unknown source.

The fox here is unfortunately pictured on the same level as the grapes.  By contrast with some other Mardi Gras dubloons, there is no mention of Aesop’s Fables.  The verso offers a simple shield for the sponsoring club.   

 

1972 "Fabled Isles" Mardi Gras doubloon. Comus. Gift of Jonathan Singer, Bronx, NY, through Ebay, Oct., '99.

On one side there is pictured and captioned "The Golden Cup of Comus," with a nice Latin phrase: "Sic volo, sic jubeo." Apparently the Comus krewe began in 1857. The fabled isles side of the coin shows an island with a classical temple wreathed in laurel. Before it lie a ship, a lyre, and two vases. What a lovely gift!

Mardi Gras doubloon, Comus

1974 Aesop's Fables Mardi Gras doubloon. Argus. Emperor Romulus. Jefferson Parish, LA. 1973. $3 from The Witch Lady, Metairie, LA, through Ebay, March, '99. Second copy for $2 from Jonathan Singer, Bronx, NY, through Ebay, Oct., '99.  Extra copy and a blue copy from Rachel Ortiz, Pittsburgh, PA, August, '18.

What does one do with a coin that has different dates on its front and back? On the front, there are a stork with a tall vase, a grasshopper playing a violin, a Greek temple facade, a building column, and a written scroll. The back seems to feature Argus and the peacock.

Mardi Gras doubloon. Argus, Emperor Romulus

1980 A Sap's Fables Mardi Gras doubloon. Knights of Momus, New Orleans. $2.25 from P. M Berry, Carmel, Indiana, through Ebay, May, '99.

On the front of a coin, a pudgy girl sticks her tongue out at the beholder, with "A Sap's Fables" written above her and "1980" below. On the back side, a knight is pictured with the legend above "Knights of Momus" and below "Dum vivimus, vivamus" (while we live, let us live). I never knew such a thing existed!

Mardi Gras Doubloon, Knights of Momus

 

2005  Two 2005 Mardi Gras dubloons showing Proteus  with trident and, on the verso, a lion with a book "Fables Famous and Familiar."  $2.50 twice from Patricia Albert, Metairie, LA, through Ebay, July, '19 and Feb., '20.

I look forward to catching up well enough that I do not repeat myself in the future!

 

 

 

2006   Mardi Gras dubloon showing TH.  Mobile: Order of Myths.  "The Fables of Aesop."  $15 from buy1selz2 through Ebay, May, '22. 

A very happy tortoise crosses the finish line while a hurrying hare tries to catch up.  The verso offers a fascinating scene.  Folly has been chasing Death; at the end of Mardi Gras parade, Folly defeats Death.  The Order of Myths was founded in 1867, though the maker of this coin thought it was 1868.  The Order of Myths was the oldest order to celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama.    

 

 

 

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