Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Circuses, LEICESTER SQUARE, Alhambra Palace, octagonal brass, royal arms and supporters, alhambra palace, rev. circus 2nd class, 30mm, 8.84g (W 952, and p.127, this piece illustrated). Good very fine, scarce £40-50

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: W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 751 (part); bt L. McCarthy November 2002.

The Alhambra Palace opened in 1858 to stage equestrian and athletic shows. It became a music hall in 1860 and a theatre in the early 1870s. Demolished in the inter-War years, the Odeon cinema is now situated on the site