UNITED STATES, GEORGE WASHINGTON, INDIAN PEACE MEDAL, '1789'

估價

1,500 - 2,500 USD

招標截止

描述

paper, ink

White metal. GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY – 1789, three-quarter facing bust of Washington; on right shoulder, H.K.M., rev., FRIENDSHIP – THE PIPE OF PEACE, clasped hands within wreath; below, 1798 and crossed peace pipes,62.7mm (Prucha 64; Belden 57), pierced for suspension with loop, attached to identifying tag: “Peatwytuk Sac and Fox” and “Omaha Exposition 1898”, fine

來源

F.C.C. Boyd Collection; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, part XVI, Stack’s, October 17, 2006, lot 185

拍品資料及來源

An unofficial medal, with an apocryphal date, whose ultimate origin is unknown. Cast, rather than struck, the whereabouts of the molds were said to have been the property of an Indian in 1901. These saw widespread use among Indians in the late 19th century.