Shell Oil Token - Provincial Arms and Flowers (Manitoba)
Issuer Canada
Type Advertising medallions
Obverse
Prairie crocus flower with bilingual English/French name above and below
Lettering: PRAIRIE CROCUS PULSATILLE
Reverse
Shield of Manitoba with flag design with name and date
Lettering: MANITOBA 18 70 MANITOBA
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
PRAIRIE CROCUS PULSATILLE
Reverse Lettering
MANITOBA 18 70 MANITOBA
Comments
Starting in the 1960s, customers who filled their vehicle up with gasoline at a Shell Oil station in Canada would receive a free promotional medallion like this one. These medallions came in various themed series - to collect them all, you would need to keep going back to Shell Oil stations. In Canada, medallions were released to commemorate the Prime Ministers, the various provincial coats of arms and provincial flowers, the various provincial animals, and more.
