British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Tickets and Passes, SOMERSET, Bath, King James’s Palace, brass Sixpence, bust of James II left, rev. legend above value, 32mm, 9.39g (MY 64; W 1190). Good fine, rare £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Ivor Bridges.

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Situated in Lyncombe Vale, the house and gardens were at the height of their popularity in the 1770s, but by 1793 had closed after the bankruptcy of the owner, Robert Tanner