File:Bucks of America Medallion.jpg
No higher resolution available.
Bucks_of_America_Medallion.jpg (250 × 279 pixels, file size: 19 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
| Description |
English: Silver planchet, 18th century
55 mm x 48 mm The Bucks of America, an all-Black company, seems to have operated in a military capacity in Boston during the American Revolution. No documentation definitively links them to any particular Revolutionary battle. Bucks of America medallion is an engraved, oval, silver, planchet, with the letters "MW", on the bottom, thirteen stars, for the 13 United States, above a leaping buck, and a shield, with three, fleur de lis flowers, the crest, of the last, French royal family, the Bourbons, as a symbol of the Franco-American, war alliance, made in honor and recognition of the All Black Patriot, militia company |
| Date | 18th century |
| Source | Massachusetts Historical Society Collection |
| Author | Massachusetts Governor John George Washington Hancock and citizens of Boston |
Licensing
|
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
Original upload log
The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
| Date/Time | Dimensions | User | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-30 17:36 | 250×279× (19957 bytes) | Chitt66 | Silver planchet, 18th century 55 mm x 48 mm The Bucks of America, an all-Black company, seems to have operated in a military capacity in Boston during the American Revolution. No documentation definitively links them to any particular Revolutionary b... |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 19:41, 13 October 2020 | | 250 × 279 (19 KB) | Commons is in a thing | Transferred from en.wikipedia via #commonshelper |
File usage
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
