Shell Token - Historic Cars (Jaguar XK 120 1949) ND front Shell Token - Historic Cars (Jaguar XK 120 1949) ND back
Shell Token - Historic Cars (Jaguar XK 120 1949) ND photo
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Shell Token - Historic Cars (Jaguar XK 120 1949) ND

 
Aluminium 1.73 g 26.2 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type
Medals › Advertising medallions
Currency
Promotional Gas Tokens
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
1.73 g
Diameter
26.2 mm
Thickness
1.4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#57781
Rarity index
65%

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
The oustanding sports car of the early 50's.
Later models won Le Mans 5 Times.

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Historic Cars from Shell, a collection of twenty tokens available from Shell petrol stations in the 1970's.



The cardboard holder was given away free. You got one random token with each fuel purchase, in an attempt to get you to purchase more fuel from Shell to complete the collection.