Watch List notes:

British Commemorative Medals, John Hampden (c.1595–1643), complimentary medal, 1863, by A. B. Wyon, bust l., with long hair, birth date shown as 1594, rev. open wreath, 54mm (BHM 2788, R4; Foley - ), extremely fine and extremely rare
*ex Baldwin's vault
John Hampden was a leading parliamentarian politician who challenged the authority of Charles I. In 1637 he stood trial for his refusal to pay the ship money tax. BHM lists only a single specimen, that in the Ashmolean Museum.
(100-150 GBP)