Newfoundland 1949 - 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/VF
Composition: Brass plated Zinc
Weight: 12 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: none

Series: Emblemes floraux et Armoiries du Canada.

Obverse:
Sarracénie pourpre (Sarracenia purpurea) Northern pitcher plant adopted as Newfoundland and Labrador's floral emblem in 1954.

Lettering:
PITCHER PLANT
SARRACÉNIE POURPRE

Reverse: 
Coat of arms of Newfoundland and his date of joining of Canadian Confederation.

Lettering:
NEWFOUNDLAND
19 49
TERRE-NEUVE

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.

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

Collezione : Canada - Monnaies et Tokens