2023-10-31 11:33:21
BriSome of the old silver coins are being auctioned in Tons. The special feature is that those who bid on this coin will get some special benefits. Best of all, Britain’s oldest theater company, Brasitol, has free tickets to all shows at the Old Vic. There is a history behind such a strange decision. It dates back to 1766. Yes, the history of two and a half centuries. Isn’t that what it is? Let’s say.
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Some of the fifty silver coins minted by Britain’s Theater Royal, which opened on King Street in 1766, to give to its original shareholders, are now up for auction. These coins were priced at £50 (Rs 5,055) then. These coins were mainly given to the original shareholders or proprietors of the theater who had contributed to the construction of the theatre. All shows in the theater were free for holders of this silver coin. On one side of the coin was written: “The owner of this ticket is entitled to see all performances in this house.” The reverse of the coin also reads “King Street, Bristol Theatre/May 30, 1766”. The Theater Royal was later known as the Bristol Old Vic.
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Many of these coins have already been lost. Some were forged to replace some of the lost coins. But 20 of these original coins have been identified today. These genuine coins are now up for auction again. They were brought up for auction at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Devizes, Wiltshire. These coins are expected to fetch between £1,500 (Rs 1.51 lakh) and £2,500 (Rs 2.52 lakh). Bristol Old Vic said in a statement that the coins are genuine and will allow bidders to see free tickets to all shows at the Theater Royal, formerly known as the Bristol Old Vic.
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Old records of the theater record that the 35th coin of this coinage was given to shareholder William Jones. In 1815 it came into the possession of John Wadham, a prominent Bristol blue glass maker. John Wadham was then a director of the Bristol Floating Harbor Company and owner of the still standing French Manor. Later it passed to his son Thomas, the Smith family of Ashton Court was a prominent family that owned silver coins.
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