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Husky Oil Company's
Rugged Americans
Promotional Coin Set
Husky Oil Company and Rugged American Territories
From the informational brochure that accompanied the collection
THE COMMERCIAL BRONZE SET
Husky Oil Company's Rugged Americans Promotional Coin Set (Front)
Card measures just over 10 inches wide by 8 inches tall
Click on any medal in the picture above to see a enlargement of its obverse and reverse!
Husky Oil Company's Rugged Americans Promotional Coin Set (Back)
Click on any medal in the picture above to see a enlargement of its obverse and reverse!
THE "COINS" THEMSELVES
These 26 millimeter bronze medals were struck by the Franklin Mint in 1971 for the Husky Oil Company to the tune of some 384,620 each. [Krause Guidebook of Franklin Mint Issues (1973 edition)]
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FM# RAS-01
Geronimo
Sculptor: David Cornell
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FM# RAS-02
Black Hawk
Sculptor: Harold Faulkner
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FM# RAS-03
Sitting Bull
Sculptor: Harold Faulkner
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FM# RAS-04
Wild Bill Hickok
Sculptor: David Cornell
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FM# RAS-05
Kit Carson
Sculptor: Harold Faulkner
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FM# RAS-06
Wyatt Earp
Sculptor: Harold Faulkner
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FM# RAS-07
Bat Masterson
Sculptor: David Cornell
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FM# RAS-08
William Clark
Sculptor: Thomas Parks
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FM# RAS-09
Meriwether Lewis
Sculptor: Ernest Schroeder
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FM# RAS-10
Buffalo Bill
Sculptor: Ernest Schroeder
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FM# RAS-11
Sacajawea
Sculptor: James Ferrell
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FM# RAS-12
Crazy Horse
Sculptor: Caesar Rufo
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FM# RAS-13
Chief Joseph
Sculptor: Caesar Rufo
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Husky Oil Company's Rugged Americans Promotional Coin Piece Original Packaging
Package actual size: 1 and 5/8 inches square
Husky "Rugged Americans" Booklet
Front Cover "Rugged Americans" Bronze Set Booklet
Actual Size: 5 1/2 inches wide by 8 1/2 inches tall
Sample Page "Rugged Americans" Bronze Set Booklet
Included with every set was this order form for three different packaging options
Actual Size: 9 1/2 inches wide by 7 inches tall
THE SILVER-NICKEL SET
The Franklin Mint also struck a silver-nickel composition set, also 26mm in diameter. Only 1,005 of these sets were produced. [Krause Guidebook of Franklin Mint Issues (1973 edition)]
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