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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)
- "Black Hawk" / (1") in diameter / bronze / uncirculated condition
- Obverse: Black Hawk / Reverse: The Sauk Tribe - Tepee symbol
- 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.
** Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, (1767-1838) was a war leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in what is now the Midwest of the United States. Black Hawk earned his status as a war chief by his actions: leading raiding and war parties as a young man, and a band of Sauk warriors during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
