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1878 Wyoming Massacre So-Called Dollar Pennsylvania. Wyoming. 1878 So-Called Dollar. Wyoming Massacr

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1878 Wyoming Massacre So-Called Dollar Pennsylvania. Wyoming. 1878 So-Called Dollar. Wyoming Massacr
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1878 Wyoming Massacre So-Called Dollar Pennsylvania. Wyoming. 1878 So-Called Dollar. Wyoming Massacre. HK-121. White Metal. Plain Edge. Medal Turn. MS-62 NGC. Obv: massacre scene, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE AND MASSACRE OF WYOMING JULY 3, 1778 around. Rev: central obelisk monument, 1778 to left, 878 to right, DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA (“It is sweet and proper to die for the fatherland;” from the Odes of Horace) around. Boldly struck and largely brilliant with prooflike reflectivity in the non-design areas. One of 1,014 examples reportedly produced.
Here is a very brief synopsis of the massacre at Wyoming, Pennsylvania. On July 3, 1778, British forces numbering 1,000 or more Redcoats, filthy traitor colonists, otherwise known as ‘Tories,’ and Iroquois Indians attacked the settlers and small garrison of Colonial soldiers at and near Wyoming, Pennsylvania. More than 300 Americans were killed, with many of them tortured and scalped as they tried to retreat to nearby Forty Fort; according to British accounts of the day, 227 scalps were taken. Further reading about this black day in American history is suggested, and can be found at all the usual internet sites.