The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 43, October 21, 2001, Article 9

YANKEE ROBINSON RESEARCH PUBLISHED    

  The October 2001 issue of the TAMS Journal (published   
  by the Token and Medal Society) consists primarily of an   
  article by Q. David Bowers titled "The Numismatic Legacy   
  of Yankee Robinson."    A chapter in his upcoming "Fifty   
  Favorite Numismatic Pearls" book, it runs thirty pages,   
  including ninety-four detailed footnotes. And that's just   
  Part One.   "Yankee Robinson" was a popular entertainer   
  of the day who issued several Civil War tokens and   
  many counterstamped Liberty Seated Half Dollars, which   
  served as "admission tickets" to his shows.    

  "My interest piqued, and loving a challenge, I turned to   
  original source material, aided immensely by ... a huge   
  file - over 100 sheets - of newspaper clippings, photographs,   
  old-time accounts ..." etc, provided by Circus World   
  Museum.    

  "Separately, I read through a complete file of the trade   
  journal of the 1850's onward the New York Clipper and   
  enough old-time newspapers to fill a closet."    

  Now THAT'S dedication to original source materials.   

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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