Indian Peace Medals
"Millard Fillmore" Largest Size Bronze Indian Peace Medal Native American Indian Chief in front of an American Flag
(1850-Dated) Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal. 76 mm. First & Largest Size. Original Struck in Bronze. Julian IP-30. Belden-46. Mint State.
Julian IP-30. 76 mm. An official 1850 dated Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal. This medal has medium brown color, having somewhat glossy surfaces. The obverse has several small darker tone spots below the bust towards the left with a few minor ticks and hairlines. It was struck for the United States using an Obverse die by Salathiel Ellis and has a Reverse die created by Joseph Willson. These dies themselves were not produced in the U.S. Mint, but rather were prepared by Willson under contract. Willson retained the dies until 1855, when the obverse die was secured directly by the U.S. Mint. Apparently, in later years the mint produced a replacement die for the reverse. The Obverse features a bust right of Fillmore; the Reverse shows a White soldier conversing with a Native American Indian Chief in front of a flowing American Flag, with a plow and axe between them. A similar example of this medal sold for $1,062 in our EAHA Auction of August 2006 Lot 1103; another offered March 17, 2017 Lot 279 graded Choice Mint State sold for $1,500.
KEYWORDS:
Native American Chief Peace Medal Rarity, Indian Peace Medal Issued in America