Dating
1870
Obverse
HOW NOBLE IN REASON! HOW INFINITE IN FACULTY!, bust of William Shakespeare, ¾ left, earringed, like the Chandos portrait; quotation adapted from "Hamlet"
Reverse
CHARLES / J. FOX RUSSELL / TO THE BOYS OF / HARROW SCHOOL / THAT / SHAKESPEARE / MAY BE TO THEM / "FOR DELIGHT / ORNAMENT AND / ABILITY" / 1870, inscription surrounded by wreath and flowers; quotation from Francis Bacon, "Of Studies"