The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 21, May 25, 2003, Article 9

MEDAL REFERENCES

  Alan Luedeking writes: "I read with interest Mr. Atchison's
  request for Spanish, French and Dutch references concerning
  medals given to North American indian chiefs.  I can
  recommend one which fits the bill for all three and then some,
  this being José Toribio Medina's last major numismatic work,
  published at Buenos Aires in 1924, "Medallas Europeas
  Relativas a América." As the title implies, it is a compendium
  of European medals relating to America, and as such includes
  a few examples of medals having to do with indians, if not
  necessarily chiefs, though a cursory glance revealed one listing
  for a medal for the indian chiefs of Cumaná in the reign of
  Phillip V, however, that's a far cry from North America.

  Nevertheless, there are also French medals for indians in
  Canada. With three excellent indexes, the book is very easy
  to use and heavily illustrated. One of the indexes references
  everything alphabetically by personal and tribal names, another
  by topics (i.e. geographical, ships, battles, etc.), and the last
  by country, including, besides the desired three, those of Italy,
  Portugal, Germany, and Sweden, all of which also had dealings
  with America over the centuries.

  Although quite scarce, this book is not among the hardest to
  obtain of the great Medina's works; in fact, I believe there is
  an example upcoming in Kolbe's next sale.  I also glanced
  through my Scholten for Dutch overseas colonies but this
  work concentrates only on coins. Ditto for Zay and Mazard
  regarding French colonies."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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