Up for sale is a Cincinnati, Ohio OH HQ Howes Great London Shows Traveling Circus 5¢ Trade Token
Howes Great London Shows Co., Amusement Company 1920CD - 529 Walnut, Room 202 (Token Catalog). The show travelled all around the country during the early 1900's. These tokens were probably redeemable for concessions as the show travelled. There are thousands of advertisements for the show. In the last gallery images are examples of some of their ads. There are beautiful illustrations of circus tents, large elephants, and women being twirled around.
The token is made of brass and measures 21mm in diameter.