Mardi Gras Doubloons
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title:
Mardi Gras Doubloons
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Mardi Gras Doubloons are Mardi Gras throws shaped like coins that commemorate various Mardi Gras Krewes. They are typically made of aluminum and are thrown from floats in carnival parades. The first doubloons used as throws from parades of Mardi Gras Krewes date to 1960, and these early doubloons are collectible. Mardi Gras doubloons were first created by New Orleans artist and entrepreneur H. Alvin Sharpe in 1959. Sharpe had his own metal dies for striking the doubloons from aluminum blanks. He
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Coin-like Mardi Gras throws commemorating Mardi Gras Krewes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras_Doubloons
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2023-04-29T07:33:08Z
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