Token - Great Americans Abraham Lincoln

Features

Location United States
Type Promotional items › Advertising token
Year 1968
Currency Promotional Gas Tokens
Composition Bronze
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
158501

Commemorative issue

Collector's Edition Bronze Set

Series: Great Americans - Series 1

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
©1968 FM

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: LINCOLN'S LOG CABIN

Mint

Mintmark of The Franklin Mint (FM) The Franklin Mint, Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)

Comments

Part of Shell Oil Company's promotional Famous Facts and Faces Game
Players could accumulate any twelve aluminum game coins and trade them in for a prize. With this feature, Shell could state that "Everybody Can Win!" The prize was a bronze 12-piece set of 'Great Americans' medals that have the same designs as the regular game coins. The medals are 20mm in diameter and came mounted on a cardboard display board. This set is called "Great Americans - version 1- Collector's Edition" and has a copyright date of 1968 on the display board. The Franklin Mint produced 23,590 of these bronze sets, but this prize was completely discontinued in the second version.
Http://www.billjamie.com/Shell/Shell-Coin-Game/Mr-President-Coin-Game/Mr-President-Coin-Game.html


© Image courtesy of Biljamie

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1968 FM 23 590

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