YES, I REMEMBER AS A YOUNG LAD BACK IN THE LATE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S THE MANY GAS STATION GIVE-AWAYS. THE JETS & GIANTS FOOTBALL TEAM GLASSES AND THE TOY CARS AND THE CARD PUNCHING TO GET THOSE FREEBIES AND GIVEAWAYS!
I REMEMBER MY SISTER WHO IS 10 YEARS OLDER THAN ME HANGING OUT AT THE LOCAL SHELL STATION WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER. IN 1968 THEY HAD A COIN PROMO. FIRST WITH THE PRESIDENTS OF THE U.S., AND THEN CAME THE FAMOUS FACTS AND FACES GAME. I REMEMBER THE PRESIDENTS GAME. HAVE A TON OF THOSE 35 YEAR OLD COINS WHICH WHEN YOU GOT THE WHOLE SET YOU WOULD GET A BRASS OR COPPER SET OF THE SAME SENT
TO YOU IN THE MAIL. THE ORIGINAL GAME COINS WERE ALUMINUM. THEY STILL LOOK GOOD TO THIS DAY CONSIDERING THEIR AGE.
IT SEEMS IN 1969 SUNOCO/DX HAD AN ANTIQUE CAR COIN GIVEAWAY. SERIES 1 AND 2 - I HAVE A FEW OF THESE. MAYBE YOU CAN SPOT THESE IN THE GROUP ABOVE. BOUGHT ALLTHESE THE OTHER DAY!
I THOUGHT THEY WERE COOL AND GROOVY SINCE AT THE TIME I WAS COLLECTING REAL COINS!
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