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Mardi
Gras
Package 8
Mardi
Gras
Doubloons
This package
contains 25 Mardi
Gras
doubloons tossed from
the floats during Mardi
Gras
parades. Each Mardi
Gras
"Krewe,"
or club, mints their own doubloon for each year's parade. The front of the doubloon
remains the same with the insignia of the krewe. The reverse, or back, of the
doubloon changes each year to reflect the krewe's theme for that year. The first
doubloons were minted in 1960 and tossed to the crowds by the Krewe of REX,
which is commonly known as "REX, the King of Carnival." REX continued
the tradition of being the only Mardi
Gras
organization to mint
and toss doubloons to the crowds until the mid 1960s when other krewes adopted
the tradition. Mardi
Gras
doubloons measure
1.5 inches across and are typically made of aluminum. The aluminum doubloons
are often left plain, resulting in a silver doubloon, or can be colored any
color of the rainbow. Doubloons also come in heavy metals, such as copper, antique
bronze, bright bronze, silver oxide, solid .999 fine silver, and gold.
The doubloons
offered in this package are a variety of colors from a variety of Mardi
Gras
krewes from differing
years.
They are all aluminum.
Mardi
Gras gift packages are great gift ideas for Christmas and special occasions.
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