Medal - Victoria (Thomas Clarkson; white metal) 1840 front Medal - Victoria (Thomas Clarkson; white metal) 1840 back
Medal - Victoria (Thomas Clarkson; white metal) 1840 photo
© Stacks Bowers

Medal - Victoria Thomas Clarkson; white metal

1840 year
Pewter 42 g 51.4 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen
Victoria (1837-1901)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1840
Composition
Pewter
Weight
42 g
Diameter
51.4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#427418
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Slave in chains kneels with arms raised to God

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GENERAL ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION HELD IN LONDON 1840
BRITISH & FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY
AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER
PRESIDENT Thomas Clarkson AGED 81.

Engraver: Joseph Davis