Indian Peace Medals

(ca. 1890) George Washington Private Indian Peace Medal. No Periods Reverse. Prucha-64, Musante GW-1148, Baker-173N. White Metal. Plain Edge. Extremely Fine.

62.8 mm. 1144.6 grains. Pierced at 12:00 for suspension. Glossy light pewter gray surfaces with slightly lighter highlights in the recesses. Excellent sharpness and eye appeal but a series of long scratches in the left obverse field, along with a couple along the tops of the date digits on the reverse, must be mentioned. Still, one of the more aesthetically pleasing pierced and worn examples we have seen in a while. Traces of the engraver’s signature are seen on the truncation, a detail known to the writer for some time, but one that has frustratingly been difficult to find sharp enough to decipher.

From the Norman G. Peters Collection.

Estimate: $ 1000