Token — Yankee Robinson token, Central and North America, ca.1869

Token — Yankee Robinson token, Central and North America, ca.1869 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca.1869. The museum's brief description reads: Copper token issued by the American circus proprietor Yankee Robinson, dated 1869. Museum description: Copper token issued by the American circus proprietor Yankee Robinson, inscribed, obverse: 'YANKEE ROBINSON' with a profile head of Robinson facing right, and reverse: 'YANKEE ROBINSONS BIG SHOW' with, in centre, a triangle, the sides inscribed 'PRESENT', 'FUTURE' and 'PAST' and within the triangle a hand pointing downwards and the words '1869 TRIAD'. Set in clear perspex on a black card mount, the reverse of the mount covered in black flock paper, on the obverse two typewritten labels. The museum record gives material recorded as copper, perspex, card, flock; measurements Diameter 1.9 cm; Diameter 3.1 cm; Height 7.1 cm; Width 7.1 cm; place associated: Central and North America. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.