 Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal, 1862. Silver. Second Size. J.IP.39, Pr.51, B. 54. Choice About Uncirculated. Prooflike. Obverse signed S. ELLIS. DEL. SC.; reverse signed J. WILLSON. DEL. & SC. 62.8mm. Rims 4.0 - 4.4mm thick. 1,444.7 gns. A lovely example. The obverse is deeply toned in medium gray and iridescent blue and rose; the reverse is a spectacular iridescent russet with blue and rose around the rim. The fields are bright and reflective. Holed; original loop. Hairlined on both sides, heavily in places. Minor handling marks. Partial wire rims. This size is known in silver originals and copper restrikes from the unsigned reverse.
Carlson's research yielded only nine auction records for eight or more specimens known to him of a 62mm silver Lincoln. The cataloguer has records of several of this size including the VF Dreyfuss:5177, another VF that appeared in lot 1412 of Coin Galleries' July 14, 1992 sale, a very nice VF in lot 625 of Presidential's sale of December 1, 2001, a VG to Fine piece ex Dorothy Gersonsohn once owned by LaRiviere, a privately owned Choice VF with OSAGE INDIAN scratched on the obverse seen in August, 2002, the Kessler-Spangenberger:1631 piece and the specimen graded Choice VF that was in Stack's list published in the August, 1997 issue of the Maine Antique Digest.
Ex Leonard Stark on May 15, 1958.
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