"1815" Major General Andrew Jackson / Battle of New Orleans Medal. Julian MI-15. Bronze. MS-63 BN (NGC).

65 mm. Light mahogany-bronze on the obverse with considerable faded orange in the fields, while the reverse is light olive-brown - the difference likely from long-term cabinet storage. Extremely faint hairlines in the obverse fields, but with only a couple of trivial marks on the reverse and excellent eye appeal overall. Razor sharp design elements throughout. Moritz Furst likely finished the dies in late 1822, with the gold medal being struck in March 1824. According to Julian, the gold medal was discovered in a pawn shop and is fortunately now preserved in the collection of the ANS. This appears to be a late strike from the original dies, which were still in use as of 1885, according to Charles Barber. Small rim cuds are noted on the reverse near 9 o'clock.