Eimer 1022, BHM 729.
49mm. WM. By W. Turnpenny.
Obverse with laureate and draped bust of Spencer Perceval, reverse with a tomb depicting an assassination scene.
Very Fine and rare.
Spencer Perceval was shot as he entered the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a bankrupt merchant, who had held Perceval responsible for his plight. To this date Perceval is still the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated.