Vintage Cast Iron Spinning Acrobat Clown on Globe Mechanical Bank, Preowned condition, scuffing worn throughout back, pictures provided Untested The release latch lets the clown fly up rather forcefully. I The clown straddles the spring-loaded globe and when the lever is released on the ornate circular base, your coin is supposed to drop into the collecting bank and the clown should spin, rising on his hands and head. But it spins but the clown Doesn’t pop up on its on.