Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Theatre and Entertainment, LAMBETH, Royal Coburg Theatre, uniface copper, r c t pit 2, 31mm, 9.47g (W 91; D & W 10/101). About very fine £50-70

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 November 2000.

The Royal Coburg Theatre, named after Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, opened in 1818 but never enjoyed a good reputation. Renamed the Royal Victoria Theatre in 1833 and then the Royal Victoria Hall in 1871, it is today the home of the Old Vic theatre company