Token - Man in Flight #16 - Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1, 1961

Features

Location	France
Type	Advertising medallions
Year	1969
Composition	Brass plated steel
Weight	5 g
Diameter	26 mm
Thickness	1.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 22654
References	Kooij# RS011.16a Adrianus Johannes Kooij; 2008. Catalogus van Nederlandse betaal- en reclamepenningen = Catalogue of Dutch Payment and Advertising Tokens (3^rd Edition). Mevius Numisbooks, Vriezenveen, Netherlands.

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Series: Shell Man in Flight Tokens (France)

Obverse

YURI GAGARIN's VOSTOK 1 over the earth commemorating the first human flight into space. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
YURI GAGARIN • VOSTOK 1
1961

Reverse

Shell emblem (scallop) Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: SHELL

Edge

Plain

Comments

There is also a Man in Flight set for Denmark, South Africa, and United Kingdom.

Man in Flight - L'épopée de l'espace (the epic of space) set.

In 1969 Shell Oil launched the 'Man in Flight' promotion in several countries outside the United States. When customers filled their tank at a participating Shell gas station they received a packet containing a Man in Flight coin. These coins were part of a collectible set but it was not a game and there were no prizes offered. Shell issued mounting boards for the coins which were designed to inspire their customers to return over and over to try to complete the set.

The coin sets commemorated man's achievements with flight throughout history. Some countries received sets with 20 coins, while other countries received sets with only 16 coins. The 16-coin sets simply had four of the coins intentionally omitted. The coins were struck in both bronze and aluminium, and were produced both in round versions and 12-sided versions. This created quite a few varieties. Millions of each variety were produced and they are all fairly easy to find today.

The most common of the 'Man in Flight' tokens, available in many nations with different collection cards.

Lentävä maailma (Flying world) set.

Ruimte-avontuur (Space adventure) set.

de verovering van de hemel (the conquest of heaven) set.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1969)							$ 0.88	$ 1.20

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