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Shell Oil Token - Man In Space Mercury IV, Instant Winner
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Composition | Aluminium |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts astronaut Virgil I. Grissom in spacesuit alongside the Mercury IV Liberty Bell 7 capsule partially submerged in water, rendered in high relief. The curved legend MERCURY IV arcs across the upper field, with VIRGIL I. GRISSOM inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the bold raised legend INSTANT WINNER in two lines, surmounted by a stylized rendition of the American flag rendered in geometric form. A ring of small five-pointed stars frames the design around the periphery, with the legend MAN IN SPACE arcing across the upper border flanked by stars. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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