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Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

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№ 1153

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15 June 2017

Hammer Price:
£140

Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, SURREY, Petersham Park, 1775, triangular copper, pp monogram within floral scrolls, rev. date surrounded by floral scrolls, 28mm, 5.07g (W 1150; D & W –). Very fine and very rare £120-150

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 1066 [from Baldwin 1990, and with early 20th century ticket].

Petersham Park became a dedicated private space in 1686. In 1734 part of it was incorporated into Richmond Park, with the remaining part coming under control of Richmond Park a century later