Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Theatre and Entertainment, NEW BOND STREET, Elizabeth Thompson, brass ISG, 1877, bust of George III right, miss e thompsons four pictures, rev. on view at 148 new bond st and date, crowned spade-shaped shield, 25mm, 2.98g (NW 9200; W 1039); OXFORD STREET, Princess’s Theatre, brass ISG, princess’s theatre every evening around crowned spade-shpaed shield, rev. h.j. byron’s guinea gold, etc, 25mm, 3.70g (NW 6840; W 395); PICCADILLY, Millie Edwards and ‘General Mite’, brass ISGs (2), bust of George III right, with millie edwards love, revs. with general mites compliments, crowned spade-shaped shield, plated and obv. signed by J. Willing, 25mm, 3.68g (NW 7080; W 901), unsigned, 25mm, 3.65g (NW 7090; W –); WOOLWICH, Grand Theatre, brass ISG, bust of George III right, georgivs iii dei gratia, rev. grand theatre woolwich cinderella xmas 1900-1, 25mm, 4.34g (NW 7630; W 495); Unattributed, Conn and Conrad, brass ISHG, bust of George III right, georgivs iii dei gratia, rev. conn and conrad, 21mm, 1.95g (NW 5470) [6]. Fine and better; mostly pierced as issued, first with piercing plugged £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: First R.N.P. Hawkins Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1988, lot unspecified, bt A. Judd November 2001; second bt L. McCarthy November 2002; third bt H. Simmons May 2006; fourth bt July 2009; fifth bt S.H. Monks July 2001; last bt H. Simmons October 2005.

Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler (1846-1933), painter