Description: This listing is for a vintage U.S. Mint 1789 Georege Washington Peace and Friendship medal. The medal is gold plated bronze. It weights 203.078 (in g) before gold plating. The diameter is 1 1/4 inches. The medal was minted in 1789, shortly after George Washington became the first President of the United States. The obverse side geature a bust of George Washignton, while the revers displays clasped hands with a crossed pipe and tomahawk symbolizing peace and friendship. They were intended to be given to Native American leaders as a symbol of peace and goodwill.The medal is referred to as "The Indian Peace Medal" to symbolized the United States desire for peace and friendship with Native Amrican tribes, with the crossed implements representing a gesture of goodwill and diplomacy, signifying that the new nation inteded to neghotiate rather than fight with indgenious peoples. The listed medal was not minted in the 1700s. It is a modern medal from the U.S. Mint for collectors. The "modern" was promarily produced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for collectores, often with the "1789" date in them despite being made much later. The medal was discovered in my late father's safe. He was an avid coln collector and passed away in 1977. Therefore, the medal was definitely purchased before 1977. I was not able to determine when the medal was minted or when any of the modern medals were minted. I do not have the original mint packaging or box. The fact that the bronze medal has been gold plated is a little unusual but I have discovered a few others for sale that are gold plated. The medal has been in my father's safe for the last 53 years. I'm not a coin expert and have no knowledge as to how to evaluate the conditon of a coin or medal. I would say the medal appears to be in very nice condition. The condition will have be determined from the photos.
Price: 6.99 USD
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
End Time: 2024-11-30T23:00:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: U.S. Mint
Circulated/Uncirculated: Not Currency
Type: Medal
Composition: Gold Plated Bronze
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
