Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Circuses, Louis Soullier, brass, by H. Smith, horsewoman cantering left, hippodrome et cirque soullier around, rev. troisième, star and crescent crest above and below, 33mm, 8.96g (cf. W 977; cf. DNW 147, 1686). Very fine, scarce £80-£100

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 November 2007.

Louis Soullier (1813-88), proprietor of his self-styled Cirque Orientale, toured England in 1852, performing in London and Manchester, before taking his troupe to China, where they debuted in 1854 as that country’s first-ever circus