British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Outside London and Travelling Circuses, Great Allied Circus, octagonal brass 2 Shillings, great allied circus around p f & c, rev. boxes 2 shillings, 29mm, 9.86g (W 961; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.133, this piece). Some staining and two obverse edge nicks, otherwise very fine
£50-£70

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: W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 752 (part) [from S.E. Schwer 1984]; bt L. McCarthy November 2002.

The partners in the venture, which ran from 1865 to 1871, were Powell, Footitt and Clarke