Prince Edward Island 1873 (Mule) - Provincial Arms and Flowers 1965-68, Shell Oil Token

Country: * Tokens * (Canada - Promotional Gas Tokens)
Type: Tokens
Years: ND (1965-1968)
Mint: -
Currency: Promotional Gas Tokens
Mintage: -
Grade: XF
Composition: Brass plated Zinc
Weight: 12.3 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: none

Series: Emblemes floraux et Armoiries du Canada

Obverse:
Lady's slipper flower with bilingual English/French name above and below.

Lettering:
LADY'S SLIPPER
SABOT DE LA VIERGE

(PURPLE VIOLET
VIOLETTE CUCULEE)

Translation:
Lady's Slipper
Lady's Slipper

Nota: Rare mule with New Brunswick's purple violet instead of the correct lady's slipper

Reverse:
Shield of Prince Edward Island with bilingual English/French name above and below and date

Lettering:
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
18 73
ILE-DU-PRINCE-EDOUARD

Translation:
Prince Edward Island
1873
Prince Edward Island

Edge:
Smooth

Comments:
Starting in the 1960s, customers who filled their vehicle up with gasoline at a Shell Oil station in Canada would receive a free promotional medallion like this one. These medallions came in various themed series - to collect them all, you would need to keep going back to Shell Oil stations. In Canada, medallions were released to commemorate the Prime Ministers, the various provincial coats of arms and provincial flowers, the various provincial animals, and more.

Fuente : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3...

Colección : Canada - Monnaies et Tokens