Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Paper Money and Numismatic Books

Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HOLBORN, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre, 1695, copper, laureate bust of William III right, rev. vpper galerie above date, 26mm, 5.50g (W 356; D & W 31/338). Fair, a great rarity; very few specimens extant £300-500

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 T. Millett October 2008.

Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre, originally Lisle’s tennis court in Portugal Street, was first opened as a theatre in 1661. Reverting to a tennis court, the building was re-opened as a theatre in 1695 but finally closed in 1704