Token - Post Pebbles Cereal Premium (Triceratops, second series) ND (1979) front Token - Post Pebbles Cereal Premium (Triceratops, second series) ND (1979) back
Token - Post Pebbles Cereal Premium (Triceratops, second series) ND (1979) photo
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Token - Post Pebbles Cereal Premium Triceratops, second series ND

1979 year
Aluminium 4.62 g 38.7 mm
Description
Location
United States
Type
Medals › Advertising medallions
Year
1979
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
4.62 g
Diameter
38.7 mm
Thickness
1.8 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#285806
Rarity index
94%

Reverse

Text only.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CRETACEOUS PERIOD
TRICERATOPS OR "THREE HORN
FACE" WAS 20 FEET LONG. IT HAD
THREE HORNS – ONE ON ITS NOSE AND
ONE OVER EACH EYE. A TOUGH SHIELD OF
BONE PROTECTED ITS NECK, AND ITS
THICK LEGS WERE VERY POWERFUL.
THIS EIGHT TON PLANT-EATER WAS ABOUT SIX FEET TALL AND WAS
FEARED BY EVEN THE GIANT
KILLER-DINOSAURS.

Edge

Reeded

Comment

This token is one of six designs in the second set of tokens included as prize premiums in Post Pebbles cereals in 1979. The first set was issued in 1974 and the third in 1988. The third set can be distinguished from one another by their reverse designs.