 George III or Simcoe Indian Peace Medal. 1794. Adams p.130-31; Jamieson figure 19; Morin 24, p. 39, figure 15; Dalton & Hamer, Addenda, Mdx.184, bis II, Stahl 48, 49. Choice Very Fine. Silver. 32.1mm. 185.5 gns. Obverse signed MILLER. Bust right, date below; royal Arms, supporters, motto. No loop. Holed at the top. Plain edge. Deep silver gray with some blue-gray in places around the rims. Very rare: the cataloguer knows of only one other piece with a plain unlettered edge, the example in the Glenbow Museum. From different dies than the preceding.
Ex Glendining's sale of March 12, 1958, lot 128.
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