TICKETS & PASSES, London. Chelsea. The King’s Private Road. Struck AR Pass (31mm, 12.36 g, 12h). Issued circa 1800(?).

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Lot: 596. Estimated: $ 200

British, Silver

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TICKETS & PASSES, London. Chelsea. The King’s Private Road. Struck AR Pass (31mm, 12.36 g, 12h). Issued circa 1800(?). Monogrammed GR within Collar of the Order of the Garter; crown above / KING’S PRIVATE ROAD, Lord/ Grenville engraved at center. S. Bendall, “The King’s Private Road Passes,” in NumCirc CIII.9 (November 1995), fig. 16 = Simon Bendall, “A New Kings Private Road Pass,” NumCirc CXVII.2 (May 2009), fig. 4 (this piece illustrated); D&W –; Mitchiner, Jetons 5666. Pierced for use, toned. Near EF. Rare.

From the Collection of Simon Bendall.

There remains some debate over the authenticity of the few known examples of the later, silver King’s Road passes. One view is that they are in fact twentieth century forgeries produced by the well known collector, dealer and suspected forger William Charles Wells. However, with the discovery of this piece, engraved in a contemporary style and to a well-known contemporary figure, Bendall throws some doubt on this assertion. Lord Grenville (1759–1834) was an English Tory politician and son of Prime Minister George Grenville, whose controversial Stamp Act imposed on the American colonies led, eventually, to the American Revolution.

Closing Date and Time: 29 July 2020 at 13:18:20 ET.

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