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