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Country: * Tokens * (Canada - Promotional Gas Tokens)
Type: Tokens
Years: ND (1965-1968)
Mint: -
Currency: Promotional Gas Tokens
Mintage: -
Grade: AU
Composition: Brass plated Zinc
Weight: 12.1 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: none
Shell Oil Tokens serie:
Floral Emblems and Coat of Arms of Canada.
Obverse:
A Purple Violet flower with bilingual English/French name above and below.
Lettering:
PURPLE VIOLET
VIOLETTE CUCULEE
Reverse:
Coat of arms of New Brunswick with name and date.
Lettering:
NEW BRUNSWICK
1867
NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK
Edge:
Plain.
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.
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6...
Collection : Canada - Monnaies et Tokens