Description:
Cast black metal souvenir medal. On obverse is a profile bust of a Native American man wearing a feathered headdress with "LUCKY" on the proper right and "PENNY" on the proper left. On the reverse, inside stylized laurel leaves is cast: "SOUVENIR/PENNY/OF/PLATTSBURG/N.Y."

Tags:
Native American

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