Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

BERKSHIRE, Ascot, Ascot Grand Stand [1838], a silver pass, unsigned, floral pattern, rev. legend, centre engraved 82, 36mm, 14.62g (W –; D & W –). Small piercing at top for suspension, good very fine, reverse toned, extremely rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 16-17 June 1927, lot 205, where sold with the original parchment certificate of issue for £10; F.S. Cokayne Collection; bt Baldwin.

Ascot racecourse was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 and has enjoyed considerable royal patronage over the past three centuries. The future of the course was settled by Act of Parliament in 1813 and a new grandstand opened in 1839 at a cost of £10,000