Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Theatre and Entertainment, STEPNEY, Royal Pavilion Theatre, cast brass, royal pavilion theatre around p, rev. f, 38mm, 19.14g (W 403; D & W –). Fine, rare; superior to the Withers plate piece £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: F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin May 1931]; bt Spink October 2008.

The Royal Pavilion Theatre, in Whitechapel road, opened in 1828. It was destroyed by fire in 1856 but had reopened by 1858 and became one of the most popular East End playhouses. By the turn of the 20th century it was catering largely to the local Jewish population and it closed in 1935