London/Covent garden. Old Price Riots. 1809 medal/token
£38.00
London, Covent Garden Theatre, Old Price medal 1809, brass, bust of Kemble left wearing a fool’s cap, OH MY HEAD AITCHES above, OBSTINACY below, rev. O.P. (Old Price) in field, JOHN BULL’S JUBILEE, CLIFFORD FOR EVER around, 24mm. Pierced very fine. Note: the raising of prices by theatre actor-manager John Kemble caused three months of rioting at the end of 1809.
