Coin Collection Royal Dutch Shell Special #10 "Charles Lindbergh - Man in Flight" Token
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Charles Lindbergh
1927
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Shell
In this special of coin collectors #10 I want to introduce you my token coins "Man in Flight - Charles Lindbergh".
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 aluminum, 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.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. (* February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan; † August 26, 1974 in Kīpahulu, Maui, Hawaii) was an American pilot, writer and Medal of Honor winner. From May 20 to 21, 1927, he succeeded in making the non-stop flight from New York to Paris, for which the Orteig Prize had been donated by Raymond Orteig in 1919, and, virtually incidentally, the first solo crossing of the Atlantic, making him one of the most famous figures in aviation. Lindbergh wrote several books about his flight, including The Spirit of St. Louis (1953). For this work he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1954.
The first non-stop Atlantic crossing from America to Europe by plane had already been made by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown in June 1919, and the first Atlantic crossing with stopovers was completed by Albert C. Read a few weeks earlier in May 1919.
| Type of information | specific information |
|---|---|
| Country | various |
| Value | none specific |
| Year | 1969 |
| Coin type | token |
| Material | aluminium |
| Weight | 1.90 g |
| Diameter | 26.60 mm |
| Thickness | 1.65 mm |
| Edge | smooth |
| Form | Dodecagonal (12-sided) |
| Alignment | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issue limit: | could not find out - help by community would be nice |