British Coins and Tokens

LONDON, Lambeth, Apollo Garden, uniface copper, apollo garden, large letters, 35mm, 7.66g (W 1298; Young, Gardens, p.82, this piece illustrated; D & W 64/153). Attempted piercing, otherwise about very fine £30-£40

D. Young Collection [from Baldwin September 1991]

The Apollo Gardens occupied a site on the north side of Westminster Bridge Road between 1788 and 1798, close to where the coin press manufacturer Maudslay, Sons & Field were later to be based. The proprietor, Walter Clagget, enjoyed a somewhat dubious reputation, but by 1792 had begun to charge for admission, for which the clientele received copper tickets entitling them to refreshments.