Dating
25th January 1859
Obverse
J. MOORE. SC:, classicising portrait bust of Robert Burns, left, dressed in characteristic high-necked shirt and open-breasted jacket, with locks of hair falling over the ears in a manner not unlike the Steell portrait; artist's signature
Reverse
THE FIRST / CENTENARY / OF THE BIRTH OF / ROBERT BURNS / THE SCOTTISH BARD / XXV JANUARY / MDCCLIX, inscription, flanked by garland of thistles, crowned by cithara (lyre) with lit torch; rays emanating