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<p>[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 918048, member: 23874"]Out of [morbid, perhaps] curiosity (and not trying to stir politics or controversy), I did a little bit of research into whether or not BP has issued tokens in the past. I've seen lots of examples of other oil company tokens, but couldn't recall if I had ever seen any BP.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few examples that I found. Was wondering if other folks had examples. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>BP - Grand Industrial Prize — Symbols of Exploration, Refining, etc.</b></p><p>Silver bronze, Design by French sculptor Albert de Jaeger, 1972</p><p><img src="http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/BPMedal72.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="1"><i>Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology </i></font></p><p>_________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p><b>QEII Silver Jubilee — BP Crown</b></p><p><b></b>Cu-Ni?, Design by British Petroleum, 1977</p><p><img src="http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/BP.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="1"><i>Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology </i></font></p><p>_________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p><b>BP Eastern Trough Area Project — Offshore Platforms</b></p><p>.925 Silver, Design by Pobjoy Mint, No Date</p><p><img src="http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/etap.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="1"><i>Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology </i></font></p><p> _________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p><b>BP-Endicott Field - 200M Barrels of Beaufort Sea Oil Produced</b></p><p>Silver, Designer Unknown, 1992</p><p><img src="http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/BPEndicott.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="1"><i>Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology </i></font></p><p> _________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p>British Petroleum Gas Station Token - Country of France</p><p>Pewter, Designer unknown, 1970s</p><p><img src="http://rg.ancients.info/owls/Token_BP_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://rg.ancients.info/owls/Token_BP_r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="1"><i>Courtesy: Ancients.info, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd, VHobbies.com, LLC </i></font></p><p> _________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><u>Disclaimer</u> - posting of this thread in no way constitutes any endorsement by me whatsoever of BP or British Petroleum!</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 918048, member: 23874"]Out of [morbid, perhaps] curiosity (and not trying to stir politics or controversy), I did a little bit of research into whether or not BP has issued tokens in the past. I've seen lots of examples of other oil company tokens, but couldn't recall if I had ever seen any BP. Here are a few examples that I found. Was wondering if other folks had examples. [B]BP - Grand Industrial Prize — Symbols of Exploration, Refining, etc.[/B] Silver bronze, Design by French sculptor Albert de Jaeger, 1972 [IMG]http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/BPMedal72.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=1][I]Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [/I][/SIZE] _________________________________________ [B]QEII Silver Jubilee — BP Crown [/B]Cu-Ni?, Design by British Petroleum, 1977 [IMG]http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/BP.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=1][I]Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [/I][/SIZE] _________________________________________ [B]BP Eastern Trough Area Project — Offshore Platforms[/B] .925 Silver, Design by Pobjoy Mint, No Date [IMG]http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/etap.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=1][I]Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [/I][/SIZE] _________________________________________ [B]BP-Endicott Field - 200M Barrels of Beaufort Sea Oil Produced[/B] Silver, Designer Unknown, 1992 [IMG]http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/graphics/medals/BPEndicott.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=1][I]Courtesy: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [/I][/SIZE] _________________________________________ British Petroleum Gas Station Token - Country of France Pewter, Designer unknown, 1970s [IMG]http://rg.ancients.info/owls/Token_BP_o.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://rg.ancients.info/owls/Token_BP_r.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=1][I]Courtesy: Ancients.info, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd, VHobbies.com, LLC [/I][/SIZE] _________________________________________ [I][B][U]Disclaimer[/U] - posting of this thread in no way constitutes any endorsement by me whatsoever of BP or British Petroleum![/B][/I][/QUOTE]
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