1853 Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal. Bronze. First Size. First Obverse. Julian IP-32. Prucha-49. MS-63 BN (NGC). 76.5 mm. 3876.4 grains. Light reddish mahogany brown over both sides with some slightly lighter patina on the high points. Satiny and lustrous with just a few light handling marks, mostly in the obverse fields. A couple of darker patina spots are also noted. Struck from the original dies used for the issued medals. Other variations in bronze include this die paired with the Peace and Friendship die (post-1846) version, which is quite rare, and this intended reverse paired with a replacement obverse that has differently styled and spaced date digits. From the Ronald A. Slovick Family Collection. Earlier from Johnson and Jensens sale of August 1982, lot 884.
