1829 Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal. Copper, Bronzed. Third Size. First Reverse. Julian IP-16, Prucha-43. MS-61 BN (NGC). 51.0 mm. 976.9 grains. Light mahogany brown with chestnut highlights on the reliefs. Glossy with just a trace of prooflike character in the fields. A few scattered marks, one tiny spot of verdigris on the reverse rim near 9:00, and gentle oxidation on the rim over the pipe bowl. Struck from the original dies. The reverse has a trace of light spalling in the upper field, but is the earlier die state with only a single chip in the rim at 3:00. As noted in the previous description, Carl Carlson found only three auction records for a small-size Jackson in bronze. Unlike for the silver examples, the Ford Collection did not reveal a virtual windfall of specimens. In fact, he had only a single piece. Indeed, over the past decade, we have sold a bronze from these dies only four times, and one was the previous offering of this medal. Bronzes are quite a bit rarer than one might think. Ex Coin Galleries, November 1991, lot 2384; Stacks Bowers Galleries, January 2012, lot 6058.
