Medals, Jamaica, Death of William Knibb, 1845, a white metal medal by J. Davis, similar, rev. monument, 41mm (BHM 1878; Roehrs 1556). Extremely fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection.

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Provenance: Joseph Lepczyk Auction 44 (Lansing, USA), 24-5 February, 1978, lot 1722.

The neo-classical monument which still survives, now in the Knibb Memorial Chapel, was carved in Birmingham and the three heads depicted on it are Granville Sharpe and William Wilberforce, to left and right, with Sturge in the centre