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A seated half and Robinsons circus

johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,382 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Does anyone know about this counterstamed half? This is the only info I saw

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  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,316 ✭✭✭✭

    There are Civil War tokens with the showman Yankee Robinson on them as well

    www.brunkauctions.com

  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have one, on a 1853 arrows & rays type. The punch on mine is a later state, with parts of some letters broken off the punch.

    Moonlight Mint
  • JCH22JCH22 Posts: 372 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 4, 2025 5:01PM

    Was a traveling circus which operated until circa 1877:

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    Later “Yankee Robinson” planned a significant role in Ringling Brothers:

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    Animal Abuse in the United States' Circus Industry: A comparative Case Study Analysis, Paige Noelle Topper, 2013

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