56mm. Dies by C. H. Küchler. Struck by Matthew Boulton.
Obverse with armoured and draped bust, reverse with Cherub standing on cannon and leaning on ornate memorial surmounted by crowned urn and decorated with assassination scene and banner
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Gustav III was assassinated at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House, Stockholm, on 16 March 1792; shot by Jacob Johan Anckarström as part of a conspiracy of noblemen. He died of infections in the wound on 29 March. Anckarström, an army officer, was convicted and executed for regicide.