Obv: View of building, FREE SCHOOL above, OLD FRONT TAKEN DOWN 1794 in exergue. Rev: Arms of Coventry, crest a leopard, P. KEMPSON FECIT split by shield, THE ARMS OF COVENTRY around, 1797 below. Edge: Plain.
Uncirculated. Bronzed Proof. Scarce.
The Free School was originally built as a hospital during the reign of Henry II.