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Canada 1872 Indian Peace Medal Engraved Copper Test Pieces

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,000.00 CAD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 CAD
Canada 1872 Indian Peace Medal Engraved Copper Test Pieces
Canada 1872 Indian Peace Medal Engraved Copper Test Pieces Obverse and Reverse. Very probably produced to show the proposed design to the political authorities, these were hand-cut in copper and used for printing. In fact, the medals ultimately produced were simply done by adding an extra copper ring to copper strikings of the 1867 Confederation medals. The whole was then silver-plated. These cheap medals were so poorly received that the project was abandoned after only 25 examples were produced. A pair of unique pieces, of great interest to collectors of Indian Chief Peace Medals, 95 mm in diameter, on 18 mm high wood bases.