United Kingdom, 1839, Centenary of the foundation of Wesleyan Methodism, obverse; REVD. JOHN WESLEY, A.M. NAT. 1703. OBT. 1791 – WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT, ¾-length draped bust of John Wesley facing, in pulpit, and holding a Bible, reverse; TO COMMEMORATE THE FORMATION OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST SOCIETY AT ITS FIRST CENTENARY OCTR. 25. 1839. NUMBER OF MEMBERS UNDER THE CARE OF THE CONFERENCES IN GREAT BRITAIN 389.853, ITINERANT PREACHERS 4.486, LOCAL PREACHERS 3.984, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 686.549, BISHOPS 6 ITINERANT MINISTERS 3.322, PRIVATE MEMBERS 1.076.402., 46mm, whitemetal, by Heeley & Co. (not signed), not in BHM, VF, small scratches & eks, pierced for suspension.
