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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 707

NGC MS64 RB | MIDDLESEX, London, Pidcock's, Elephant Farthing, undated, rev. cockatoo, plain edge, 6h, 3.40g (D&H 1067), flashes of red, good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS64 RB (Cert. #8220550-007); another, NGC MS65 BN | undated, rev. two-headed cow, milled edge, 6h, 4.35g (D&H 1065), toned to reverse, obverse near fully mint, much as struck, in NGC holder, graded MS65 BN (Cert. #8220550-008); another, NGC MS65 RB | Lion Farthing, 1801, rev. wanderow, plain edge, 6h, 3.49g (D&H 1070), couple of minor marks, otherwise mostly mint red, much as struck, in NGC holder, graded MS65 RB (Cert. #8220550-009); another, NGC MS63 RB | Lion Farthing, 1801, rev. beaver, plain edge, 5h, 3.53g (D&H 1069), lustrous and with hints of red, good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS65 RB (Cert. #8220550-010) (4)


Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)




Gilbert Pidcock was the owner of the famous 'Pidcock's Menagerie', located at Exeter Exchange on the Stand in London. The show was celebrated for its vast array of exotic animals from as far as Australia and South-East Asia, many of which Londoners had bever seen before, such as kangaroos, elephants, rhinoceros and cockatoos.



Pidcock had worked in travelling shows from a young age, and in 1795 took sole ownership of the London menagerie. As well as exotic animals, the exhibit was also notorious for its unusual specimens, famously a two-headed heifer. The London Chronicle wrote, 'This very remarkable creature has two Heads, Four Horns, Four Ears, Four Nostrils, through each of which it breathes, &c. This truly wonderful Curiosity is the only one of the kind in Europe'.

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