Funny how as a Sixties kid I never had any money but I had loads of those brill petrol station coins courtesy of my Dad, like Esso 1970 World Cup [my favourite World Cup with the best Brazilian team ever] and Shell Man in Flight. They felt light and had a flimsy tinkly feel. It was suopremely satisfying to push a new one into the round slot on the display card. I even buried some along with some Spanish pasetas from my brother. Not sure why but I felt strangely compelled to stick them in the ground! I seem to remember checking on them a year later to find that they had started to dissolve! Ah, simple pleasures. Did these petrol coins appear around the world?
Pictures - Ebay [anyone got better close-up Man in Flight pics?]
The Shell coins we had in Holland as well. Seem to recall they had a yellowish tinge to them though.
ReplyDeleteDon't like football, so can't say about the football coins. :)
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Paul