The token was issued in conjunction with the1871 New York convention of a German-Americansinging society. The harp on the reverse is symbolicof the musical theme, while the legends are in German.The use of the Liberty Seated figure is interesting�" in this case, she is the symbol not of Liberty,but of American Liberty in particular.

The LibertySeated figure was 35 years old on American coinageat this time, and by evoking the standard bearer ofAmerican silver money the German immigrant communityacknowledged their new homeland. The tokendesigner has thus ably incorporated importantthemes of the organization �" music, Germanic background,and American Liberty.

While the design isnoteworthy, the execution is not so much - the portraitof Liberty is somewhat crude while a reverse diebreak causes two strings of the harp to join together(which if you think about it would not make for avery good sounding harp). The reverse legend reads:

ALLGEMEINES SANGERFEST DESNORDOST [German Festival Singers of the Northeast]

SANGERBUNDES 12 [probably referring tothe 12th such singing conference]

Thanks to John Baumgart for the photographs of thistoken.