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Auction 249 1-2 Feb 2022
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Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection
Theatre and Entertainment, Travelling location, Lord John Sanger & Sons Ltd, uniface brass Shilling and octagonal Sixpence, both lord john sanger & son ltd, value below, 41mm, 13.36g and 34mm, 8.67g (W 974-5) [2]. First fine, second very fine; with central holes
£60-£80
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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.
'Lord' John Sanger (1816-89) and his brother George (1827-1911) were famous Victorian showmen, credited with elevating the British circus into a serious spectacle, partly in response to massed American touring companies like those of 'Buffalo Bill' Cody. In 1871 the Sangers bought Astley's Amphitheatre in Lambeth and ran it until 1884
Theatre and Entertainment, Travelling location, Lord John Sanger & Sons Ltd, uniface brass Shilling and octagonal Sixpence, both lord john sanger & son ltd, value below, 41mm, 13.36g and 34mm, 8.67g (W 974-5) [2]. First fine, second very fine; with central holes
£60-£80
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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.
'Lord' John Sanger (1816-89) and his brother George (1827-1911) were famous Victorian showmen, credited with elevating the British circus into a serious spectacle, partly in response to massed American touring companies like those of 'Buffalo Bill' Cody. In 1871 the Sangers bought Astley's Amphitheatre in Lambeth and ran it until 1884