Silver Mescalero apache medal

[Vodka1000]

Hello,
I'm new here and need some help and info.
Could anybody tell me how much this is worth:

http://antiques-internet.com/colorado/bestofthewest/dynapage/IP7218.htm

 

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[Montana Jim]

Type IV: Modern Reverse Indian Peace Medals

Age: Made during the 20th century and up to the present day

Scarcity: Rare to Available

Cost: From $20 up

Definition: A reverse IPM is an IPM-type medal or IPM commemorative made or authorized by North American Indian tribes and distributed or sold both within and outside the tribe. These can be made of any metal but are most often in sterling silver and created for tribes by private mints. The obverse typically depicts the current tribal chief or leader and the reverse is modeled after authentic IPM designs, such as the clasped hands of the warrior and the soldier, or the crossed tomahawk and peace pipe. The inscription may or may not make a reference to peace. It could be argued that these are genuine modern-day IPMs, although the order of giving and receiving is reversed, hence the name. While many tribes have issued medals for many reasons, IPM designs are not common on tribal medals. It is far more common to find tribal symbols or flags. Here are two examples from the Mescalero Apache and Pawnee tribes.

* Mescalero Apache IPM

Made by the Franklin Mint in 1973 of pure silver, with design input from the tribe, this beautiful medal features the chief (President Wendell Chino) of the tribe on one side and the traditional IPM peace and friendship handshake on the reverse. It reads "Peace and Friendship 1873-1973."


http://coins.ha.com/common/features/numisarticles.php?id=8

 

[Vodka1000]

Thanks - that was quick.
Anyway only 350 medals were minted and signed.
The 1 in question I think is #279.

 

[Montana Jim]

Welcome to Treasure Net Vodka... I shoulda welcomed you the first time!

I just googled that set... here is one on e-bay going for $22.72 after 7 bids. It has been graded. Yours is still in the original box/wrapper... that must count for a few bucks more? I dunno... It's .999 silver I guess...

 

[Vodka1000]

Wow,
Could you email me the ebay link ......to the auction.
Thanks and have 1 on me ......

 

[Montana Jim]

http://cgi.ebay.com/MESCALERO-APACH...NE-SILVER_W0QQitemZ300086139245QQcmdZViewItem


What the hell! Bidding musta just ended! Ops... sorry!

 

[Vodka1000]

Great help - great site...........

THANKS again.
I have 2 boys 11 and 9 and they are collecting silver coins nothing special, nothing old or expensive.
Just a simple silver coins.
Do you guys have here for sale forum or WTB thread.
Thanks again.

 

[Montana Jim]

Goto the top of teh page and click on "Home"

Then scroll through all teh stuff here... towards the bottom you will find "Classified Ads".

 

[Vodka1000]

Thanks again.
Have a nice weekend.......and have 1 on me.

 

[Vodka1000]

Well this medal is 3 inch in dia. over 10 ounces of silver. Book, picks, signed number, walnut box all in almost perfect condition
This is the real think.
Check this link ( middle of the page )


http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/spring2002.htm

 

[fossis]

Welcome Vodka1000,

A friend of mine, (now deceased) in OK, found a original
peace medal given to a Choctaw leader in the 1800's.
It was buried in the yard of an old house, children probably were playing with it when it was lost.

At the time, 20 some yrs ago, it was worth $6,000, he had an article in the local paper about finding it, he used a Whites detector.

Fossis...............

 

[Vodka1000]

The 1 I have is original over 30 years old .
Perfect condition all the signed paperwork pictures, walnut box etc.
Only 350 of them were minted.

Thanks for the info.
Derek

 

[Montana Jim]

Derek - Your avatar is creepy.

 

[Vodka1000]

Sorry you don't like it .....Well I'm not sorry