1835 Colonel George Croghan Medal. Bronze. 65 mm. Julian MI-12. MS-65BN (NGC).，Rich chocolate brown copper. Uniform and quite attractive. A few irregularities in the otherwise smooth fields are quite likely confined to the surface oils, though a couple of faint spots are detected under magnification. Traces of light die rust and a thin roughly vertical crack through the bust are noted. This is also noted by Julian to be on an example at the museum at West Point, thought to have been struck around 1885. <br />Though struck in recognition of the War of 1812 battle that took place August 2, 1813, the dies for the medal were not cut until the mid-1830s and the gold medal for presentation to Croghan wasnt struck until March 1837. The dies for this medal were the last of those for the War of 1812 issues to be finished.<br />Donated by Stanley DeForest Scott to benefit the endowment campaign for the Executive Director position at the American Numismatic Society.
