103745 | GREAT BRITAIN. Phrenology white metal Medal.

103745  |  GREAT BRITAIN. Phrenology white metal Medal. Issued circa 1830. Scientific and Philosophical series (73mm, 94.34 g, 12h). By Sir Edward Thomasen in Birmingham.

 

Facing head, with areas of the brain (as well as the eyes) numbered to indicate the source of each quality or attribute (35 in total), according to phrenology // The same head, seen in profile left, with more numbering; the various qualities or attributes mentioned in the margins of each side. Edge: Plain.

 

Storer 8232; Brettauer –; BHM 1336.12; Eimer 1237.13. Mint State Details. Highlight brilliant and flashy, with an overall solid condition considering the metal type, though a fair amount of unfortunate pestering is noted on the reverse, accounting for the designation.

 

Part of a series of 16 medals that recounted aspects of philosophy and scientific advancements, with the present piece touching upon the now-debunked pseudoscience of phrenology.

 

Upload: 19 October 2026.