1829 Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal. Silver. First Size. Julian IP-14, Prucha-43. Choice Fine.
76 mm. 2248.0 grains. Pierced at 12 o'clock for suspension, as issued. Deep and fairly uniform gray silver surfaces with just a few gentle streaks of deeper patina at the lower left obverse. Somewhat darker outlines are also noted against the design elements helping them stand out nicely from the fields. Many fine marks are visible, particularly under magnification, but the pleasantly even wear pattern has helped to smooth those a bit and there is no serious damage of any kind. Just a couple of very gentle rim bumps are noted. In fact, this is essentially an ideal specimen that clearly served its intended purpose, worn as a mark of status and pride by the original recipient and possibly his descendants for a long time. It would be a challenge to find another in this grade with such nice eye appeal. In fact, the large-size Jackson medals do not seem to have been worn long in the cases of most of the known medals, and we are aware of only a single additional piece worn to this degree. In the writer's roster of specimens, just 19 first-size Jackson medals have been reported, including a couple that have not been directly confirmed by good photographic evidence. Just over half of them are in institutional collections, leaving only nine of these immensely historic medals available to collectors.
Ex J. Douglas Ferguson, August 1965, Montreal CNA Convention; John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XVI, October 2006, lot 127. Lot tag included.

Estimate: $18000