British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Railways, FARRINGDON, Metropolitan Railway, ivory, metropolitan around railway, rev. daily telegrph., 19mm (W 2872, this piece, recté 19mm). Good very fine, a very rare and very early Underground railway item £100-£150

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: Acquired 1970.

The Metropolitan Railway, the world’s first underground system, opened in 1863, only eight years after the launch of the original Daily Telegraph & Courier in 1855, London’s first penny newspaper. Ivory tokens for this type of VIP use were almost universally replaced by gold or silver by 1870.

Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions