Indian Peace Medals
Pair of Catholic order medalets.
Jesuit medalet. Brass. Approximately 24 x 21.6 mm (without the attached suspension loop). Extremely Fine. Light oxidation; Benedictine medalet. Brass. Approximately 17 x 14.7 mm. Extremely Fine. Deep olive patina and a trace of rough oxidation. Medalets of these general types are known to have been distributed among Native Americans, though not exclusively so. Also included is a selection of various brass game counters and tokens styled after English Spade Guineas of George III, in two sizes (12), and a pair of East India Company coins: 1835 Half Anna. Very Fine; 1858 Quarter Anna. Fine. (Total: 16 pieces)
Ex eBay Canada, July 2012 (the Jesuit piece); No recorded provenance otherwise.
Estimate: $100