George Washington Indian Peace Medal, 1789. White metal. Obverse signed H.K.M. Pr.64, B. plate 22, III. Fine. 62.7mm. Rims 5.0 - 5.3mm. thick. 1,498.6 gns. Plain edge. Holed, wire loop. Quite rough in appearance, some rim damage on both sides. From the same obverse as the next two but a different reverse. These are said to have been made sometime shortly after the end of the third quarter of the 19th c. This example has a paper or parchment tag through the loop identifying it as ''From PEATWYTUK Sac and Fox'' on one side and ''Omaha Exposition 1898'' on the other. The Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition was held in Omaha that year. The Indian Congress opened there in August, sponsored by the Smithsonian.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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