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- 1969 "Antique Car Coin" aluminum token / Sunoco Company
- Minted by the Franklin Mint for the Sun Oil Co. / Series 2
- "1906 Maxwell Speedster" /26mm in diameter / uncirculated condition
- In 1969-70, Sunoco would give out these "Antique Car" tokens upon purchases made at their gas stations. - Also provided was a cardboard game board with cut-outs so these could be pressed into the corresponding slots.
*** The Maxwell was a brand of automobiles manufactured in the United States from about 1904 to 1925. - For a time, Maxwell was considered one of the three top automobile firms in America along with Buick and Ford. - By 1914, Maxwell had sold 60,000 cars.
The present-day successor to the Maxwell company is Chrysler Group.
