Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Banknotes, Medallions and Numismatic Books

Germany, Prussia, Frederick the Great, Victories at Rosbach and Lissa, 1757, copper medal, 48mm; together with Edinburgh Castle, 1897, T. G. Middlebrook's copper ticket, and imitation brass "spade" guineas (2) for the Princess's Theatre, Oxford Street, London, and for Peter Eland's Comic Opera, Treasure Island (Hawkins 54, -). All very fine, last two pierced as issued (4)

The third item advertises the play Guinea Gold, a drama by Henry James Byron (1834- 1884), which was first performed in the Princess's Theatre in 1877. The theatre was situated on the north side of Oxford Street, close to Oxford Circus, and was demolished in 1931