Description: Beautiful, 1865 American Indian Peace Medal. B-173YA AE, U.S. Mint, President Andrew Johnson. Graded by NGC as MS 66 BN. Certification #342308-011. Please examine the high-resolution photos above. Free, USPS priority, insured, shipping, adult signature required. Indian peace medals refer to ovular or circular medals awarded to tribal leaders throughout colonial America and early United States history, primarily made ranging in diameter fromabout one to six inches. Medals were often perforated and worn suspended around the neck of the recipient. Controversy remains surrounding the use and impact of peace medals infurthering diplomatic relationships between Native Americans and the federal government. Many Indian peace medals today are archived in museums, libraries, and cultural centers. By the 1840s, Indian peace medals had come to be known as a "presidential series" for which there was growing interest. The federal mint in Philadelphia started collecting dies for the previously issued medals. This began the practice of striking bronze replicas of medals for presentation to government officials or historical societies. Production of the bronze medals began in 1842 with the Jefferson medal. The dies of the Washington and John Adams medals were missing during initial production, however. The John Adams die was not collected until 1878, and the George Washington die was ultimately reproduced in 1903, completing the series. As a collector of Indian Peace Medals, they represent to me, artifacts of the United States Government's early, historical, continuing, shameful, efforts of broken treaties and genocide of the Native American Indians.
Price: 720 USD
Location: Thousand Oaks, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year: 1865
Certification Number: 3429308-011
Grade: MS 66 BN
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Brand/Mint: U.S. Mint
Certification: NGC
Modified Item: No
