Owner Comments:
Middlesex Pidcock's DH #445
Obverse: A nylghau looking right, JAMES below in small letters * PIDCOCKS * EXHIBITION
Reverse: An ostrich facing left, JAMES beneath in small letters * EXETER CHANGE STRAND LONDON *
Edge: Plain
Diesinker: Charles James
Manufacturer: Charles James
Issuer: Gilbert Pidcock
Weight: 6.67g
Rarity: Scarce
James and Gilbert Pidcock were the proprietors of a traveling menagerie that toured England in the summer and wintered at their main quarters at the Exeter 'Change situated on the site of the old Exeter House, on the north side of the Strand near to the Lyceum, which closed in 1828.
A large number of different advertising tokens in penny, half penny and farthing sizes were produced for the Pidcock Menagerie with the images of different and unusual animals featured in the business.
A nylghau is an antelope native to India.
Atkins: Middlesex 328
Davisson E-Sale #34, 5 February 2020