Shell Token - Explorers of Canada (Leif Ericsson) ND front

Shell Token - Explorers of Canada (Leif Ericsson) ND back

Shell Token - Explorers of Canada (Leif Ericsson) ND photo

Shell Token - Explorers of Canada (Leif Ericsson) ND


Zinc	9 g	31.5 mm

Description

Location	Canada
Type	Medals › Advertising medallions
Composition	Zinc
Weight	9 g
Diameter	31.5 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Updated	2024-11-12

References

Numista	N#177657
Rarity index	91%

Reverse

Text in English and French

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FIRST EUROPEAN
TO LAND AND WINTER
IN NORTH AMERICA
---------\---\------------
PREMIER EUROPEEN
A DEBARQUER ET HIVERNER
EN AMERIQUE DU NORD

Edge

Plain

Comment

One in a series of 12 explorers medallions given out by Shell gas stations in the early 1970s.

north america
british colony

Zinc

9 g

31.5 mm