Indian Peace Medals
1841 John Tyler Indian Peace Medal. Copper, Bronzed. First Size. Second Reverse. Julian IP-21, Prucha-45. MS-65 BN (NGC).
75.8 mm. 3757.8 grains. Light milk chocolate brown with soft rose, green and blue overtones in the prooflike fields. No serious marks, although there are some very faint hairlines detectable under magnification. Struck from the original obverse and second reverse, the usually seen dies for this issue in bronze. These appear for sale with some frequency, but considering the great rarity of this medal in silver, these are virtually necessary acquisitions for most Peace medal collectors to represent the type. The writer knows of perhaps as many as seven originals in silver, with four of those in institutional holdings.
Ex David W. Dreyfuss, Bowers and Merena, April 1986; Heritage, December 2012, lot 38050.
Estimate: $700