The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 52, December 23, 2007, Article 11

MIKE HODDER ON THE MICMAC MEDAL

Mike Hodder writes: "The reverse type on the Micmac medal, 
a column of independence supported by the willing hands of 
13 states, is nearly identical in type and message to that 
found on Gostelowe army standard No.1 (1778), which in turn 
is seemingly immediately derived from the seal on the 
title page of the Proceedings of the Congress September 5, 
1774, printed by William and Thomas Bradford of Philadelphia.

"There are two unusual early "Indian Peace" medals that 
deserve detailed study, this and the poorly executed piece 
at ANS showing Columbia and an Indian exchanging a pipe and 
olive branch on one side and the seal of the USA within 13 
named and linked rings on the other (the significance of the 
types will not escape readers). I've always been intrigued 
by the fact that William Goadsby, of NJ coinage fame, denied 
his one-time partner, Albion Cox, any right to the medallic 
work Goadsby claimed to have done for the Congress in the 
late 1780's. I've often wondered if either one (or both) of 
these might have been the work alluded to?"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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