1862 Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal. Bronze. First Size. Julian IP-38, Prucha-51. MS-65 BN (NGC).
76 mm. Deep steely-brown on both sides, exhibiting strong satiny luster due to the finely textured surfaces. Crisply detailed with virtually no handling marks and only a few faint specks of dark patina on the obverse. There is never a shortage of demand for the first-size Lincoln Peace medals, the silver originals being among the most prized in the series even though they are known to exist in larger number than many other issues. At a much different price point, attractive bronzes like this enjoy the same broad appeal. The last one we sold, graded the same as this, realized $4,320 in our August 2022 sale, the highest price we have gotten for a bronze.

Estimate: $2000