1841 JOHN TYLER Indian Peace Medal IP-21 76mm. Uniface. Extremely Rare.

1841 John Tyler  Uniface Indian Peace Medal   Obverse: Fur-draped bust to left with legend JOHN TYLER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1841 Reverse: Standard reverse of 1809-1849 Size: 76mm Engraver: Ferdinand Pettrich (Obv) and John Reich (Rev)   President William Henry Harrison having died in office after only one month, there was to be no regular Indian Peace Medal for that President. His successor, JOHN TYLER, had only been in office a short period of time when Director of the Mint Robert M. Patterson wrote the War Department suggesting that the medals be struck for Tyler. He should have corresponded with the bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent, but, for some reason, did not. Patterson wishes to use the new Contamin Portrait lathe, which had been imported from Paris in the latter part of 1837. On November 2, 1841, Patterson Formally proposed to the secretary of war John C. Spencer that the services of a die-sinker be dispensed with and the portrait lathe used instead. Spencer