 James Buchanan Indian Peace Medal, 1857. Silver. Second Size. J.IP.35, Pr.50, B. 51. Fine to Very Fine. Obverse signed S.ELLIS.SC; reverse signed J.WILLSON. DEL & SC. 62.6mm. Rims 3.4 - 3.8mm thick. 1,535.5 gns. Medium silver gray in color on both sides making a decent looking medal with good eye appeal. Neatly holed at the top; twisted wire replacement loop. Minor handling marks commensurate with wear. This size is known in silver originals; none seem to have been restruck in copper for collectors. Carlson's research yielded only 7 auction records for a silver 62mm Buchanan. The cataloguer has records of the sale of only two different specimens, including the one in lot 280 of Presidential's June 25, 1988 sale and a flatly struck VF sold by private treaty in 1997.
Ex Jim Cope on August 20, 1978.
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