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- 1969 "Antique Car Coin" aluminum token / Sunoco Company
- Minted by the Franklin Mint for the Sun Oil Co. / Series 2
- "1917 Moon Touring Car" /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.
*** Moon Motor Car (1905-1930) was a United States automobile company that was based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company was founded by carriage maker Joseph W. Moon.
- Moon produced both cars and trucks and also produced a Cotton picker built under contract from the American Cottonpicker Corporation. Beginning in 1924, Moon was increasingly unable to meet dealership orders. The company went out of business at the start of the Great Depression and the Moon factory was purchased by Ruxton automobile.
