Dating
1969
Obverse
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / 200ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY / OF THE / STRATFORD / JUBILEE / © / THE SHAKESPEARE / BIRTHPLACE TRUST / 1769 - 1969 / P. VINCZE, bust of William Shakespeare, ¾ facing, within a roundel; his name below in the form of a riband; flanked by a figure on both sides (one male, one female, both holding books) who hail him with torch and laurel wreath; inscription in exergue
Reverse
DAVID GARRICK / THE SONG WILL CEASE THE STONE DECAY / BUT HIS NAME / AND UNDIMINSH'D FAME / SHALL NEVER PASS AWAY / DAVID GARRICK · ODE · 1769 / P. VINCZE, roundel with miniature of David Garrick, with quotation from his 'Ode to Shakespeare' below; theatre curtains; cithara (lyre) flanked by masks of tragicomedy; leaves of laurel