Bill and Jamie's Adventures have put together a great site about Shell's Man in Space coins and card from 1969. I had this set so it...

Hi Woodsy. Got this at the weekend. The Total Oil Company Moon Traveller cardboard giveaway. Presumably from Total petrol stations. No idea ...

Just wanted to send you a piccy of this preposterous invention that I learned of only today. Remember those collectable Shell space coins fr...

Man in Flight. What can I say. These coins on that card bring back my childhood like a lightning rod. The coins came with Shell...

Here are the Shell coin sets from Holland (Ruimteavontuur = Space Adventure) and France (L'épopée de l'espace...

Hi Woodsy, You mentioned the Petrol station coins Man in Flight .  Here's a scan of my set, with a detail showing the space...

Like many Sixties kids I loved the freebies my Dad got from petrol stations [Mum didn't drive]. Coins were the best, but there were als...