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1794-Dated Great Britain Peace Medal, Jamieson-19, Silver, Fine 15 NGC. ...
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1794 'Simcoe' Indian Peace Medal, Fine 15
Jamieson-19, Lettered Edge
1794-Dated Great Britain Peace Medal, Jamieson-19, Silver, Fine
15 NGC. Leroux-834, Breton-13. 32mm. Lettered edge inscribed
MAY HE EVER REIGN IN THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE. The status of these
1794 medals is uncertain. Melville Jamieson suggested the so-called
Simcoe Indian peace medals may have been issued as replacements for
medals ordered by the Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe
in 1793. The medals originally ordered reportedly featured the Arms
of Upper Canada, but no such pieces are known. While Laurence Brown
writes in British Historical Medals that this issue "is in
fact a token for a club in Leicester Street, London," John W. Adams
states: "there is no reason why both authors can't be right. That
Simcoe's original request was ignored suggests that London may have
considered Indian medals to be a trifling matter, one indeed that
could be satisfied by available club tokens as long as the devices
were diplomatically correct." One way or another, Jamieson-19 is
apparently scarce and has long been collected as part of the
Canadian Indian peace medal series. Examples have appeared in the
noted collections of W.H. Hunter, W.W.C. Wilson, Robert W. Reford,
Lucien M. LaRiviere, and John Ford. There are others in
institutional collections. Lavender, olive-gold, and reddish
accents complement smooth surfaces. The date and engraver's mark
(MILLER) below the bust remain strong. An identifying mark appears
in the upper left field.Ex: Coin Galleries (2/1993), lot 1965; Jon Hanson; Donald G. Partrick.
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