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(1850-Dated) Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal

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(1850-Dated) Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medals

Large Size Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal

(1850-Dated) Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal. First & Largest Size. Struck in Bronze. Belden-46. Very Choice Uncirculated.

Julian IP-30. 76 mm x 8.8mm thick. This is a very handsome example of the Largest Size, official 1850 dated Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal. It was struck for the United States, using an Obverse die by Salathiel Ellis and a Reverse die by Joseph Willson. These dies themselves were not produced in the mint, but rather were prepared by Willson under contract. Willson retained the dies until 1855, when the obverse die was secured directly by the mint. Apparently the mint produced a replacement die for the reverse, as Willson kept the reverse die to fill future orders. The obverse features a bust right of Fillmore; the reverse shows a white man conversing with an Indian chief in front of an American Flag, with a plow and axe between them. This impressive medal is in excellent Uncirculated condition. It has perfect, even color with just a trivial tone speck on the reverse and trivial faint contact in the upper left obverse field. A similar example of this medal, also in Choice Mint State condition, sold for $1,062 in our August 2006 sale, Lot 1103. This medal is accompanied by its NGC Photo Certificate.