need help on this one

[oldtimer82]

hi folks:
found 2 of these last month, they are made of aluminum and about the size of a nickel.
im old but i never saw these before/lol.

 

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[PBK]

It's from a series of movie star tokens issued by Popsicle sometime in the 1930's. I'm not sure whether they came packaged with singles or boxes of Popsicles, were handed out by vendors with Popsicle purchases, or wrappers had to mailed in to receive the tokens. I haven't seen the Frederic March token before, but others include Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Claudette Colbert, Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Clive Brock, Gary Cooper, Jack Oakie, Constance Bennett, Johnny Weissmuller, and Richard Arlen. It's not unusual for them to bring $5 or more, depending on the star, condition, etc.

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's one for sale for $3.00:
http://s88204154.onlinehome.us/pmjack/pmsale.html#3dol

A good bio appears here:
http://www.geocities.com/fredric_march/biography.html
Don.....

 

[stoney56]

Nice piece. That's what I'd call a golden oldie. 8)

 

[diggummup]

Nice unique find oldtimer82,both of 'em were Frederic March I guess?

 

[oldtimer82]

hi guys,
thank you very much PBK,and all of you. the other one i lose some place in my move to the new apt.
it was a clodet colburn one. the reverse must mean the movie the star was in?
h.h.
oldtimer

 

[PBK]

the reverse must mean the movie the star was in?

Right you are, Old-timer! Not all of the tokens had movies listed on the reverse, however.

"Design for Living," the movie on the Frederic March token, was a romantic comedy which premiered in 1933. It also starred Gary Cooper:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023940...1MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=20;fm=1