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Lot:2023 “1797” (circa 1845) John Adams Indian Peace Medal. Copper, Bronzed. Third Size. First Reverse. Julia

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“1797” (circa 1845) John Adams Indian Peace Medal. Copper, Bronzed. Third Size. First Reverse. Julian IP-1, Prucha-59. MS-64 (NGC). 51 mm. Fairly uniform deep mahogany bronze surfaces with micro flecks of lighter copper throughout, as often seen on this finish. Nuances of pale blue and violet are noted when the medal is rotated in the light. Very sharp, as one would expect, with only a few tiny marks scattered about, largely requiring magnification to detect. This is the “official” size for this issue, though, as noted in the previous lot description, no medals were struck bearing the name or image of John Adams for actual distribution to Native Americans. It has long been believed that Moritz Fürst cut this obverse die in the 1830s and that it was in the care of the Mint for some time, unused. There are clichés of the obverse from the 1840s, so we know that there was an effort at that time to put the die into use.Julian and Prucha wrote that the obverse die ended up in the collection of Joseph Mickley and was revealed in the November 1878 sale of his property. However, that catalog, under a heading of “United States Steel Dies, Hubs &c.” lists not a die for the Adams medal, but a “hub.” The distinction in the header clarifies that the writer knew the difference and it seems to have been Father Prucha who erroneously assumed the word “hub” referred to the die itself.In fact, the die was listed in Benjamin Franklin Peale’s 1841 Register of the Medal Dies of the U.S. with Notes, etc…</em> so we know it was in the Mint at that time. It is quite possible that this published account of its existence prompted astute collectors to make inquiries of the Mint attempting to acquire specimens.In 1844, a grouping of U.S. Mint medals was struck for presentation to the Franklin Institute, and the list was published in the August 3, 1844 edition of Niles Register</em>. The listing of Peace medals did not include a John Adams. In fact, it was specified therein that these dies had “not been constructed.” We know this latter entry is incorrect, but the fact that the Adams medal was not included does indeed suggest that the obverse die was not yet in service.The original Peace and Friendship die used to strike this medal was used on all issued silver Peace medals from the 1809 Madison through the 1845 Polk. It seems to have broken early, as all of the small-size silver medals in this sale, including the 1809 Madison, exhibit a small rough chip within the narrow trench outside of the inner rim border, just below 3:00. The 1845 Polk medal exhibits a secondary small chip, illustrating that the die broke further before it was completely retired from use. The Adams medal offered here has only the single break, and is thus a bit earlier than the silver Polk medal. It was almost certainly struck after late 1844. Ex Early American History Auctions, August 2009, lot 855; Aesculapius Collection of Indian Peace Medals, Stack’s, January 2011, lot 6201.

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