Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

United States of America, BOLIVIA, a Charles III, 2 Réales, 17[—]jr, Potosí, rev. countermarked admit to wood’s minstrels 444 bd way n y (Brunk p.314). Coin worn, countermark very fine £40-60

Provenance: J. Gardiner Collection.

Wood’s Minstrels and Ethiopian Delineators, 444 Broadway, above Howard street; this edifice burnt down in 1854 and the troupe later remodelled the Jewish Synagogue at 514 Broadway into a stage theatre