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If your Great Grandmother suffered from having a Bicycle Face it could have been avoided...

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Had she carried this token below at all times! :s:'(

1901 World's Fair, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 31mm Diameter, Aluminum, Token

Using the newfangled contraption could lead to a terrifying medical condition.

"THE UNCONSCIOUS EFFORT TO MAINTAIN ONE'S BALANCE TENDS TO PRODUCE A WEARIED AND EXHAUSTED 'BICYCLE FACE'"

"Over-exertion, the upright position on the wheel, and the unconscious effort to maintain one's balance tend to produce a wearied and exhausted 'bicycle face,'" noted the Literary Digest in 1895. It went on to describe the condition: "usually flushed, but sometimes pale, often with lips more or less drawn, and the beginning of dark shadows under the eyes, and always with an expression of weariness." Elsewhere, others said the condition was "characterized by a hard, clenched jaw and bulging eyes."

Full article link on this condition as found on the web

https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5880931/the-19th-century-health-scare-that-told-women-to-worry-about-bicycle

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  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭✭

    Never seen that one before. I wonder what Dark Brown Taste means?

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  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GaCoinGuy Coffee breath? Very amusing @Broadstruck I always open your threads because I find your sense of humor very compatible with mine.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GaCoinGuy said:
    Never seen that one before. I wonder what Dark Brown Taste means?

    It's a racial slur aimed at a specific ethnic group in a derogatory manner. Unfortunately, such was seen on many tokens even merchant advertising cards from the turn of the century through the 1940's.

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  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 26, 2022 7:12AM

    Prevents love and unhappy marriage too. Why would anyone want to carry it.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,648 ✭✭✭✭✭

    at least the token is somewhat interesting, just saying

  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @GaCoinGuy said:
    Never seen that one before. I wonder what Dark Brown Taste means?

    It's a racial slur aimed at a specific ethnic group in a derogatory manner. Unfortunately, such was seen on many tokens even merchant advertising cards from the turn of the century through the 1940's.

    Thank you for the info. I have never heard that term before. It is an interesting piece.

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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Face bleach? Lord knows what was in that stuff!

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Kinda reminds me of Jeff Foxworthy's "Side Effects" skit;

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zybHArX5R1k

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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice token Broadstruck! I think I have
    seen that obverse design before. Was it paired with different reverses?

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    earth, you just gotta love it...

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  • Mr_SpudMr_Spud Posts: 5,841 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 26, 2022 8:30PM

    This just popped up on my Facebook feed, I think she needs one of those tokens. I wonder if it showing up on my Facebook has something to do with me googling bicycle face earlier today 🤔

    Mr_Spud

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good stuff I'm bookmarking this thread.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :D Amazing how easily the sheep are led..... Cheers, RickO

  • 17751775 Posts: 79 ✭✭✭

    I've gotta get one of those!!!!!!!!!!

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinJP said:
    Nice token Broadstruck! I think I have
    seen that obverse design before. Was it paired with different reverses?

    Thanks, and sorry as I got sidetracked....

    Off the top of my head, I don't recall seeing that obverse buffalo used with another reverse designed die but it's possible.

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A Buck a bottle.........................pretty expensive in 1901 if you ask me.

    Pete

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  • Alltheabove76Alltheabove76 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @GaCoinGuy said:
    Never seen that one before. I wonder what Dark Brown Taste means?

    It's a racial slur aimed at a specific ethnic group in a derogatory manner. Unfortunately, such was seen on many tokens even merchant advertising cards from the turn of the century through the 1940's.

    Source?

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,197 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Dark Brown Taste" is also a slang term meaning to wake up and taste something without brushing one's teeth before.

    :)

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alltheabove76 said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @GaCoinGuy said:
    Never seen that one before. I wonder what Dark Brown Taste means?

    It's a racial slur aimed at a specific ethnic group in a derogatory manner. Unfortunately, such was seen on many tokens even merchant advertising cards from the turn of the century through the 1940's.

    Source?

    Seen on Black Americana memorabilia issued at the same time period.

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  • SilverEagle1974SilverEagle1974 Posts: 139 ✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    This paperweight would match that token exquisitely!

    Did James Earle Fraser make this ?
    Is it so similar to the Buffalo nickel, even the font style of the date.

    Thanks for any help.

    Chris

  • fathomfathom Posts: 1,776 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I thought this might refer to someone doing a face plant off a bicycle.

    Which I have done.

  • Alltheabove76Alltheabove76 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @GaCoinGuy said:
    Never seen that one before. I wonder what Dark Brown Taste means?

    It's a racial slur aimed at a specific ethnic group in a derogatory manner. Unfortunately, such was seen on many tokens even merchant advertising cards from the turn of the century through the 1940's.

    Source?> @Broadstruck said:

    @Alltheabove76 said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @GaCoinGuy said:
    Never seen that one before. I wonder what Dark Brown Taste means?

    It's a racial slur aimed at a specific ethnic group in a derogatory manner. Unfortunately, such was seen on many tokens even merchant advertising cards from the turn of the century through the 1940's.

    Source?

    Seen on Black Americana memorabilia issued at the same time period.

    I would argue that its a double entendre in that example.

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    .
    is the OP example yours or you just sharing an peculiar token you came across?

    you and a handful of people have been posting super esoteric stuff for a long time, much to our enjoyment!

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LanceNewmanOCC said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    .
    is the OP example yours or you just sharing an peculiar token you came across?

    you and a handful of people have been posting super esoteric stuff for a long time, much to our enjoyment!

    Thanks... It's mine as it was part of a small exonumia group lot I recently bought and just photographed.

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  • SilverEagle1974SilverEagle1974 Posts: 139 ✭✭✭

    It says it prevents "Love" & "Unhappy Marriages".
    Is this NOT counterproductive ?

    Any comments ?

    Chris

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SilverEagle1974 said:
    It says it prevents "Love" & "Unhappy Marriages".
    Is this NOT counterproductive ?

    Any comments ?

    Chris

    good call.

    love is for sure the worst and simultaneously best on the list. a true testament to its power.

    i suppose most are in the camp of, "better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."

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  • BucketHeadBucketHead Posts: 129 ✭✭✭

    Ms. BucketHead and I are cyclists and this thread made our day.
    I showed it to her and she said “I always wondered what happened to you”.
    Cheers.

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