1825 Bronze Medal J-IP-12, John Quincy Adams

Coin Details

Auction Record

$1,020 MS64 06-16-2023 Stack's Bowers

Description

The 1825 bronze Indian Peace Medal cataloged as Julian IP-12 bears the portrait of President John Quincy Adams and represents a variant die pairing from the Adams presidency. The distinction between Julian IP-11 and IP-12 lies in minor die differences and finish characteristics, with IP-12 being the standard bronze rather than bronzed copper version. Both share the same fundamental design and were produced at the Philadelphia Mint. The obverse features Adams's right-facing portrait with the inscription JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. A.D. 1825, rendered by Moritz Furst. The reverse carries the continuation of John Reich's clasped-hands design with crossed peace pipe and tomahawk and the motto PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP that had served as the standard reverse for all presidential peace medals since Jefferson's administration. The existence of multiple Julian numbers for the same president's peace medal reflects the cataloging of distinct die states, metal compositions, and production periods that Julian documented in his comprehensive reference work on United States medals. The IP-12 bronze version is the more commonly encountered of the two Adams peace medal variants, produced as a collector duplicate without the specialized bronzed finish of the IP-11 version.

Rarity Notes

Bronze duplicates produced for collector sale across multiple restrike periods. More commonly encountered than the bronzed copper IP-11 variant.

Cross References

Julian IP-12; PCGS #517806