Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Commerce, CORNHILL, Sun Fire Office, 1737, cast copper, radiant sun, rev. date, 30mm, 16.07g (W 2326, this piece illustrated). Very fine and very rare £90-£120

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 June 2016.

The Sun Fire Office was opened in April 1710; the company merged with the Alliance Insurance Co Ltd in 1959 to form Royal & Sun Alliance