Token - Pontiac "Chief of the Sixes"

Token - Pontiac "Chief of the Sixes" - obverseToken - Pontiac "Chief of the Sixes" - reverse

© Daniel Chen (CC BY-NC-SA)

Features

Location United States
Type Promotional items › Advertising token
Years 1953-1956
Composition Brass
Weight 5.2 g
Diameter 25.5 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
91312
References TC# 501817,
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)
TC# 67901,
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)
TC# 652415
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Image of Chief Pontiac

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PONTIAC
CHIEF OF THE SIXES

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PRODUCT
OF
GENERAL
MOTORS
W. & H. CO. U.S.A.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, United States (1892-1965)

Comments

There seems to be several variants of makes marks for this
Variety 1 " W. & H. CO. U.S.A." as shown
Variety 2 "WHITEHEAD-HOAG. U.S.A."
Variety 3 "WHITEHEAD-HOAG"

https://web.archive.org/web/20150910090646/http://motorcitymusclecars.com/auto-news-2/1950s-pontiac-cheif-sixes-coin/

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1953-1956)  94% Variety 1
ND (1953-1956)  0% Variety 2
ND (1953-1956)  6% Variety 3

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