Indian Peace Medals
1849 Zachary Taylor Indian Peace Medal. Bronze. First Size. Second Reverse. Julian IP-27. Prucha-47. MS-62 BN (NGC).
76.1 mm. 4229.1 grains. Light reddish brown copper is accented by mottled pastel gold, blue, orange and violet toning. A few tiny spots and faint hairlines are visible upon close inspection. Struck from the second reverse paired with a copy obverse die that can be easily distinguished from the original by the vertical crossbar on the digit 4 in the date, and a period after the date. This die was used to strike some silver pieces, but these seem to be later restrikes. All bronze specimens in our online archives are from this obverse die. This piece is on an impressively thick flan, the rims being about 8.5 mm high.
Ex Stack’s, January 2010, lot 4745.
Estimate: $400