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Mint State Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal

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Indian Peace Medals

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Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal In The Rare Second Size and the Design Having a Baseball Game Vignette!

1862-Dated. Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal. Second Size, 62.9mm. Struck the United States Mint at Philadelphia in Bronze. Original Dies. NGC graded Mint State-64 Brown.
Julian IP-39. Second Size, 62.9mm. Julian IP-39. Struck at the United States Mint using Original Dies engraved by Salathiel Ellis and Joseph Willison. The Obverse design shows the bust portrait of a bearded Lincoln in his coat. The Reverse is exceptional in that it includes both an Indian scalping scene around central vignette of an Indian Chief in his feathered headdress plowing a field, while a (Civil War era) Baseball game is in progress! There are additional images of a church and ships in the background. This premium quality example has gorgeous medium-bronze color, with glossy smooth surfaces and high rims. There is one trivial deeper tone spot in the right obverse field. Easily one of the finest examples we've ever seen of this very rare smaller size medal. A similar medal sold in our EAHA Auction, August 23, 2008, Lot 515, graded NGC MS-62, selling for $2,360. This current medal is superior in quality and overall eye appeal. It is accompanied by its NGC Photo Certificate.

Peace Medals were instrumental in building relationships with the various Indian Tribes. The recipients valued them highly, for they conferred a prestige that was recognized throughout the nation. The Bureau of Indian Affairs considered them crucial and the Presidents for whom they were issued also knew their importance. Many images from the "Old West" show Indians proudly wearing their Peace Medals (sometimes more than one). Generally, bronze medals were not used for presentation purposes, but in some cases, they were silver-plated and either given, sold, or traded away by unscrupulous individuals to unwitting recipients. Peace medals relating to Abraham Lincoln were, and are, among the most popular of all.

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