UNITED STATES, ULYSSES S. GRANT, (1869-1877), INDIAN PEACE MEDAL, 1871

Silver. Anthony C. Paquet. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—LIBERTY JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, bust of Grant right; above head, “LET US HAVE PEACE”; below head, peace pipe and live branch; ornamented border, rev., ON EARTH PEACE – GOOD WILL TOWARD MAN – 1871, globe, showing western hemisphere, Holy Bible above, agricultural tools below; rays emanating behind; border of thirty-six stars, 63.0 mm (Julian IP-42; Prucha 53; Belden 57), pierced for suspension with loop, has been polished, field marks before face, very fine

Estes Gale Hawkes, December 8, 1975; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, part XVIII, Stack’s, May 22, 2007, lot 160

Paquet had already begun work on the dies when the president and his Cabinet decided on a change of design. Obviously designed by committee, Paquet executed the dies as told, and tellingly did not add his signature to the clutter.