Weird token

[rabbid-digger]

First token find of the year, very strange never seen one like this.

 

[John Winter]

Advertising Token
"Cascarets" was a laxative candy produced by the Sterling Remedy Company of New York.
It used the ingredient Cascara made from trees which was an old anti-constipation treatment.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned Cascara for this use in 2002.

http://candyprofessor.com/2010/03/15/cascarets-candy-cathartic/

Cascarets Laxative Angel - Tokens and Medals

 

[rabbid-digger]

Thanks for the legwork, any idea on an age or value?

 

[Steve in PA]

I found one last year. Yours is the same variation as mine, the earlier one. They date back to 1894 and were issued for a number of years after that.

 

[Mackaydon]

Juice:
Some history:
Manufacture began in 1896. Active ingredients: phenolpthalein and cascara. Cascara Sagrada is a tree native to British Columbia, and its bark was long used by Native Americans as a laxative. By 1877 the Parke-Davis Company was marketing its preparations of cascara to the masses. Cascara was so popular the trees became overharvested during the 1900s. In 1999, Cascara made up more than 20% of the laxative market, and was found in more drug preparations than any other natural product in North America.
Don.....

 

[trapperart]

Cool find

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz on a cool token!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

I've got an angel on my toilet:

Angel sitting on toilet
TAILS YOU LOSE / ALL GOING OUT - NOTHING COMING IN

CCC in lozenge box logo
HEADS I WIN / CASCARETS / ALWAYS WIN
BEST FOR THE BOWELS
SCHWAAB MILWAUKEE (Manufacturer)

Metal: Brass
Size: 32mm
Weight: 11.04gm

 

[wheelerite]

I used to peel chittum bark or cascara bark when I was a kid back in the 70's. We used to get about 8 cants a pound wet and about 35 cents a pound dry. It is actually all over the northwest in the wetter areas where ever you find alder trees.
ksmith