35mm. Silver. 27.14g. Unsigned but believed to be by W. Wyon.
Obverse with two knights on horseback jousting, September 1839 in exergue. Reverse plain.
Good Extremely Fine and wonderfully toned. Extremely rare.
The Eglinton Tournament was a lavish, medieval-style tournament organised in 1839 by the 13th Earl of Eglinton. Amongst the participants was Prince Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (the future Emperor Napoleon III of France).