Auction Catalogue

6 October 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1024

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£140

Theatre and Entertainment, London, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, 1796, copper, box, rev. cross formed of rings, 27mm, 5.62g (D & W 12/122; MG 214; Noble II, 647); Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, uniface copper, drury lane theatre around pit, back engraved (563), 30mm, 8.51g (D & W 120/226; MG 54; Noble II, 676); octagonal brass, rev. dress circle, 30mm, 6.98g/12h (D & W 21/237); Strand, Lyceum, Theatre Royal, English Opera House, uniface copper, box, 37mm, 12.17g (D & W –; Mitchiner 5720; Noble II, 702) [4]. Good fine £70-100

Provenance: Second 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)