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[Balticfox]

Shirriff then issued a set of 24 Sports Cars in 1962:



One card was printed on the back of each box of Shirriff Lushus Jelly Desserts and Puddings/Pie Fillings. This nifty Album that was chock full of information on racing and race drivers was available for the cards:







The cards were part of a "For Women Only" promotion where the winners received Sunbeam cards or Raleigh bicycles!



The winners then got to see their names, pictures and addresses published in newspapers across Canada. I mean how cool was that?

Salada then crossed things up in the late summer of 1962 by issuing a set of 154 Football Coins featuring eleven NFL teams (the St. Louis Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Viking weren't included) plus the Boston Patriots, New York Titans and Buffalo Bills of the AFL. But they were metal!





I wasn't aware of them at the time since they weren't made available in Canada. I have 99 of the Coins in my present day collection but they're not a high priority so I don't pursue them aggressively.

Shirriff then issued a set of sixty metal Hockey Coins in Canada in the fall of 1962:





The set included only Montréal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, All-Stars (in white with yellow trim jerseys) and Trophy Winners. As a result, only Bobby Hull appeared in a Blackhawk jersey, only Doug Harvey in a Ranger jersey, and no players whatsoever in Red Wing or Bruin jerseys. What a rip-off! Both my best collecting buddy and I were incensed at this dramatic cheapening of the concept.

As a result, I refused to even consider the 1962-63 Hockey Coins for twenty years after I started collecting again as an adult. But since I'd completed my other Hockey Coin sets, I broke down one day in 1998(?) when I saw a near perfect set cheap in a dingy card shop just north of the downtown area of Hamilton. I bought the thing and stored it with my other treasures. In fact I've upgraded about a half dozen of the less than absolutely perfect Coins in the last 25 years leaving only coins #47 and #51 that "need" to be upgraded for tiny spots of rim wear.

Salada then issued a set of 63 Baseball Coins in the spring of 1963:





I can't say whether the 1963 Salada Baseball Coins were issued in Canada or not because I simply don't remember. These days I need only better specimens of #10 and #30 to complete my set.

The metal Coins clearly weren't as popular as the plastic Coins had been because these were the last Coins Salada/Shirriff issued for over five years.