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Paramount Star Popcicle - Claudette Colbert ND
1937 year| Aluminium | 0.8 g | 23.75 mm |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Advertising medallions |
| Year | 1937 |
| 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 |
| Numista | N#307497 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
The word "POPCICLE" is misspelled, should be spelled "POPSICLE"
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PARAMOUNT
STAR
_____
POPCICLE
Edge
Plain
Comment
Courtesy of The E-Sylum: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.
