Manitoba - Provincial Arms and Flowers 1965-68, Shell Oil Token

Country: Canada 
Type: Advertising Tokens (Promotional Gas Tokens)
Years: ND (1965-1968)
Currency: Promotional Gas Tokens
Mintage: -
Grade: AU
Composition: Brass plated Zinc
Weight: 11.9 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Reference: none

Shell Oil Tokens serie:
Floral Emblems and Coat of Arms of Canada.

Obverse:
Prairie crocus flower with bilingual English/French name above and below.

Lettering:
PRAIRIE CROCUS
PULSATILLE

Reverse:
Shield of Manitoba with name and date.

Lettering:
MANITOBA
18 70
MANITOBA

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/pieces4...

Collection : Canada - Monnaies et Tokens