1801 (Post-1861) Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal. Medium Size. Bronze. 75 mm. Julian IP-3. First Reverse. AU-58 BN (NGC).Handsome crimson-copper patina with light marbling of gray-brown. Satiny surfaces retain virtually complete luster, the devices also near-fully defined throughout the design. Wispy handling marks and trivial rub to the high points do little more than define the Choice About Uncirculated grade from NGC. Struck from the original obverse and reverse dies of this type, the former with the top loop of the ribbon that binds Jeffersons hair in line with the extreme left corner of the letter D, the latter with pointed-top As in the words PEACE and AND. According to Julian (1977), A letter of May 1, 1883, from Mint Superintendent A.L. Snowden indicated that three-inch Jefferson medals then being struck were from cracked dies. The present example is one of the latest strikings from this reverse die with a prominent crack from the border at 2 oclock into the clasped hands. Both the obverse and reverse dies for this size of the Jefferson Indian Peace medal were replaced in October 1886 by Charles E. Barber.
