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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gregory Johnston, post: 3950328, member: 100338&quot;]I from New Orleans and go to Carnival/Mardi Gras every year. Momus stopped parading in the 1990&#039;s, and I don&#039;t know if they still issue doubloons. The issue of Momus, Comus, and others stopped parading (They are still an active carnival association with meetings, annual carnival balls, etc., when the city of New Orleans passed a law that all Mardi Gras Krewes and organizations must be integrated if they wanted to continue to parade. Several old-line Krewes were all-white since the beginning of Mardi Gras in the 1700&#039;s and refused memberships to persons&#039; of color, even in the early 1990&#039;s. Several, like Comus and Momus, chose to cease parading rather than admit persons of color into their organizations. When they paraded in the past of course, they throw doubloons to the crowds. My wife and I collect some doubloons, as we catch a fair number during the parades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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