British, Death of Rev. George Whitefield, 1770, a silver medal by T. Pingo, larger three-quarter bust right, centrally positioned, reverse cherub seated on funerary urn, leaning on a skull, 36mm (Eimer 44b, but not listed in silver; BHM 147; E 735; Betts 527). Very fine, presumably very rare in silver (£80-100)

George Whitefield (1714-70), one of the founders of Methodism, died at Newburyport, USA