Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 1998 Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday) Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $280
THE KING'S PRIVATE ROADS BRONZE PASS, 1737, number 581 (oval 36x32mm; 15.7g), pierced for suspension, obverse, crowned Royal cypher for George II, reverse, 'The/Kings/Private/Roads/17JR (in script)37'. Nearly very fine.
The King's Private Road was a road closed to public transport. It ran between the two royal palaces, namely St. James's Palace, at the west of the City of London to Hampton Court on the Thames at Richmond, a distance of about 11 miles. The fees from the sale of passes were used to pay the gatekeepers employed to regulate traffic on the road and for road maintenance.
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