© Ringgy (CC BY)
© Ringgy (CC BY)
Token - Cascarets Heads and Tails (Kramer, Indiana) ND
| Brass | 10.8 g | 31.5 mm |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Advertising medallions |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 10.8 g |
| Diameter | 31.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#190273 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 91% |
Reverse
Winged child left, sitting on chamberpot
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TAILS YOU LOSE
ALL GOING OUT-NOTHING COMING IN
Edge
Plain
Comment
Advertising token for Cascarets, which was a candy-coated "cathartic" (i.e. laxative) popular at the turn of the 20th Century. The main ingredient is produced from the cascara or buckthorn tree of the Western U.S., long known to Native Americans as an effective "aid" in regulation. Cascarets was launched in 1894 with a big (for the time) advertising campaign - (this and the second similar token I am offering are a bit later than that as they share the style of the "fire-gilt" So-Called Dollars of the 1910-20's period.) [Another version, with the reverse identical to the obverse except for the words "TAILS I LOSE" was] struck by the Schwaab Co. of Milwaukee, a large producer of various tokens and store cards.Designed as a "flipping coin" sort of thing.
