A GROUP OF TWO AMERICAN REPRODUCTION PAINTED CAST IRON CIRCUS THEME MECHANICAL BANKS, CIRCA 1950-1960, comprising a bank with white painted carassol horse with mechanical dipping head on gray painted rectangular base, a hopper with hinged floor at the end underneath the horse's head, lever activation, "TRICK PONY" cast on each side, stamped "TAIWAN" on the bottom, height: 8 3/4", width: 7 3/4", depth: 2 1/2"; and a circus elephant with howdah, the tail as a lever with mechanically raised trunk, stamped "TAIWAN" to the side of the howdah, height: 5 1/4", width: 8 1/4", depth: 2 1/2".