1857 James Buchanan / Native American Peace Medal (3”) U.S. Mint Restrike for Sale

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1857 James Buchanan / Native American Peace Medal (3”) U.S. Mint Restrike For Sale

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1857 James Buchanan / Native American Peace Medal (3”) U.S. Mint Restrike:
$130.00

U.S. President James Buchanan / Native American 1857 Peace Medal.(3”), Bronze, modern U.S. Mint Re-strikeFree USPS, priority, shipping.
Indian peace medalsrefer to ovular or circular medals awarded to tribal leaders throughout colonial America and early United States history, primarily made ranging in diameter from about one to six inches. Medals were often perforated and worn suspended around the neck of the recipient. Controversy remains surrounding the use and impact of peace medals in furthering diplomatic relationships between Native Americans andany colonial power, in this case USA. Many Indian peace medals today are archived in museums, libraries, and cultural centers.

By the 1840s, Indian peace medals had come to be known as a "presidential series" for which there was growing interest. The federal mint in Philadelphia started collecting dies for the previously issued medals. This began the practice of striking bronze replicas of medals for presentation to government officials or historical societies. Production of the bronze medals began in 1842 with the Jefferson medal. The dies of the Washington and John Adams medals were missing during initial production, however. The John Adams die was not collected until 1878, and the George Washington die was ultimately reproduced in 1903, completing the series.

As a collector ofIndian Peace Medals, they represent to me, artifacts of the United States Government's early, historical, continuing, shameful, efforts of broken treaties and genocide of the Native American Indians.