MGM Star Popsicle Jean Harlow ND (1933) front MGM Star Popsicle Jean Harlow ND (1933) back
MGM Star Popsicle Jean Harlow ND (1933) photo
© Bobby Harpoon (CC BY)

MGM Star Popsicle Jean Harlow ND

1933 year
Aluminium 0.8 g 23.75 mm
Description
Location
United States
Type
Medals › Advertising medallions
Year
1933
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
0.8 g
Diameter
23.75 mm
Thickness
0.97 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#364068
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Legend with a Bar near middle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
M-G-M STAR
IN
"HOLD YOUR MAN"

POPSICLE

Unabridged legend: M-G-M = Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Edge

Plain

Comment

Popsicle tokens were issued as premiums in Popsicle packages starting in 1933.
Later, in 1937, six were issued and we know for certain these were engraved by German-American engraver Franz Eue. These bore portraits of Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Jean Harlow, Frederick March, Norma Shearer and Johnny Weissmueller. He misspelled Popsicle on the reverse of the Claudette Colbert medal as POPCICLE. Three of these are listed in the Red Book by Katie Jaeger and Dave Bowers, A Guide Book of U.S. Tokens and Medals, page 149.