TICKETS & PASSES, London. Chelsea. The King’s Private Road. Struck CU Pass (29mm, 10.56 g, 12h). Contemporary counterfeit of Type II, issued by Richard Arundel, Surveyor of the King’s Private Roads, 1731-1737. Dated 1731.

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TICKETS & PASSES, London. Chelsea. The King’s Private Road. Struck CU Pass (29mm, 10.56 g, 12h). Contemporary counterfeit of Type II, issued by Richard Arundel, Surveyor of the King’s Private Roads, 1731-1737. Dated 1731. Crowned GR / THE/ KINGS/ PRIUATE/ ROADS; rose above; below, RA monogram (Richard Arundul) flanked by 17 31. S. Bendall, “The King’s Private Road Passes,” in NumCirc CIII.9 (November 1995), fig. 8 D/d (this piece illustrated); D&W 5; Mitchiner, Jetons 5662. Pierced for use. Some nicks in fields. Good VF.

From the Collection of Simon Bendall.

Richard Arundell was Surveyor of the King’s Private Roads from 1731-1737. According to Bendall, the Type II passes were the most commonly issued and subsequently, the most frequently copied. Of all the specimens examined by the author, 60% were deemed to be forgeries and a survey of those offered through auction in recent years shows that a number of these are also contemporary forgeries rather than the scarcer, official issues.

Closing Date and Time: 29 July 2020 at 13:16:40 ET.

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