Yippee!....oh, Waaaaaaaa!

[Indiana Digger]

In the short time I've been detecting, I've learned to confirm...then celebrate.

Still, my heart raced a bit when I saw this good-sized coin smiling at me.

Mostly covered in dirt, I could see part of a face...a SILVER face.

The second I picked it up, I knew it was much too light.



1968 Shell Gasoline Mr. President Coin Game:
When a customer filled up, they were given one of these tokens to place in a special folder.
If they got so many presidents in a row, they won prizes.

Not a silver coin, but a neat advertsing relic, nonetheless.

Happy Hunting!

~Indiana Digger~

 

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[Deepdiger60]

I remember those tokens they still used them in 1966 when i started driving i think i tossed them in my glove box each time , wish i saved them good find Jim

 

[Erik in NJ]

I remember those too from 1968 -- they also had some marked "Instant Winner." I remember winning a bronze set of all the presidents -- God only knows where it is! Nice find!

 

[DBFISHER]

Hey Indiana, I found one of those too this summer, Mine was of Roosevelt. Good find.

 

[Gator-Flea]

Good find...............

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I remember we used to have the same coins given
away at Shell gas stations here when I was a kid.
Of course our coins depicted past Canadian Prime Ministers.

 

[underdogger]

wow someone earlier this week posted a cracker jack one and a shell one now I found one of these in my first year 8 years ago .have not seen one up hear since . Yours is mint compared to the condition of the one I found nice . Rob

 

[Woodland Detectors]

That's before my time, but a very cool find!