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- 1970 "Rugged American Series" bronze token / Husky Oil Company
- Minted by the Franklin Mint for the Husky Oil Co. / (13 in series)
- "Wild Bill Hickok" / (1") in diameter / bronze / uncirculated condition
- Obverse: Wild Bill Hickok / Reverse: U.S. Marshal's badge for Abilene
- In 1970, Husky Oil Co. would give out these "Rugged American" 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.
** James Butler Hickok (1837-1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk character of the American Old West. He fought (and spied) for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and gained publicity after the war as a scout, marksman, actor, and professional gambler. Hickok was involved in several notable shootouts. In 1871, Hickok became marshal of Abilene, Kansas. In 1876, he was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) by an unsuccessful gambler. The card hand he held at the time of his death has come to be known today as poker's "Dead Man's Hand". (2 pairs consisting of black aces, black eights, & Bill's hole card was the deuce of spades)
