1841 John Tyler Presidential Medal. Bronze. 62 mm, 5.4 to 5.6 mm thick. Julian PR-8. Mint State.Pleasing and even light brown. Some areas of darker peripheral toning are present between the legend and rim around 3 to 4 oclock on the obverse, single spot off Tylers forehead. Some hairlines are visible in the fields when examined under a glass, nothing serious though the most prominent few are in the upper left obverse field. A very scarce early Presidential medal type.From the Howard B. Teich Collection. Earlier from Presidential Coin and Antique Co.s sale of the Charles McSorley Collection, Part II, July 1998, lot 257; our sale of the Charles A. Wharton Collection, August 2013, lot 1050.
