Auction Catalogue

19 March 2009

Starting at 10:30 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 659

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£100

Theatre and Entertainment, London, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, 1796, copper, box, rev. cross formed of rings, 27mm, 7.40g (D & W 12/122; MG 214; Noble II, 647). Some peripheral verdigris on reverse, otherwise about very fine, rare £80-100

Provenance: Sir Henry Irving Collection, Christie’s Auction, 14-15 December 1905, lot unspecified, T.K. Mackenzie Collection, Glendining Auction, 11-12 April 1922, lot 342 (part)