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terribleredmonster
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I think it's pretty darned cool. It's just a little smaller than a US quarter and a little slimmer as well. Weighs a bit over 3g. From what I can gather, this fine fellow was one of the most famous performers in the Russian circus scene. It appears that he also thought quite a bit of himself as the reverse legend reads "PREMIER CLOWN RUSSE" and he apparently handed them out himself. This one has quite a lot of wear on it, so I am led to believe that uncirculated examples must have phenomenal detail.
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It has to have been an item of circulation as it did not get that circulated in someones pocket - is this a circus piece or something?
and buying things out of US dealers' foreign coin boxes.
France Token Mengin
Size: 24mm
Weight: 3.43gm
Metal: Brass
Mengin lived in Paris where he was a street entertainer in the mid 1800's.
He dressed as a Roman soldier and sold special pencils while performing magic tricks.
He is mentioned in several books of the period.
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Here's another one that was offered for sale recently for 60 euros. Link.
Translation of the notes below the jeton: "Anatoli Durow was born in 1864 and was clown and trainer with the Circus of Moscow."
Here's a link to an 1894 poster that mentions Durow. I haven't had any success in translating it.
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Here's a link to an 1894 poster that mentions Durow. I haven't had any success in translating it.
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That poster is in Finnish. The text description below as translated by Google says:
Anatole Durow (1864-1916) was a Russian clown and animal trainer. He was a visiting Helsinki Cirkus M. Truzzin troupe. Some of the circus visited Turku few artists 02/09/1894. This Grand Franco-Russe-Troupe, Halonen was a poster of the balance between artists, acrobats, athlete, or a circus strongman and a large ballet company.
Entourage star, however, was Anatole Durow. She was in Russia and elsewhere in Europe as a celebrity. Durow had created their own clown character that was personal, and different from, and the humor was based on the satirical text. His eläinvalikoimansa was extensive. It consisted of rats, cats, dogs, pigs, wild boar, fox, roosters, etc. The calf, kid and lamb were not included in the troupe's visit to Finland. Durow was precisely the peculiar small animal trainer. He appeared in an elegant clown in white, elaborately, and certainly captivating. Durowin legendary number was Sven Hirn according to the book "rats rail travel." Performers were well over a hundred, and they work not only to model railway passengers, including conductors, drivers, drive, etc. Agents
Turku troupe performed at the House of the fire brigade, which was the theater of the building in addition to the popular Location Turku, Finland. Of the advertisement, the performances were only two. The picture is of Turku Provincial Museum commissioned a postcard.
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From "Stars and Stripes" magazine, August 28, 1954:
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'Hoppy' charms German fans on Frankfurt arrival
Cowboy star Bill Boyd gives a souvenir coin to a young fan at the Frankfurt airport in 1954.
Wearing a white sombrero, cowboy boots and handing out lucky coins,
William Boyd, better known to thousands of American kids as "Hopalong Cassidy",
arrived at Frankfurt Airport tonight and immediately turned his charm on a German audience.
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