Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Sport, Cock-Fighting: uniface oval copper, cock standing right, cock pit above, 38 x 28mm, 17.34g (W 1525, this piece illustrated; Young, Entertainments, p.57, this piece). Very fine and very rare £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks August 2004.

It is likely that this ticket was probably used to gain entrance to the Royal Cock Pit in Birdcage walk; a similar example is depicted in a 1758 print by William Hogarth. The Royal Cock Pit was built by Charles II but demolished in 1816; the sport itself was declared illegal in 1849