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17 Jul 2016 04:46 PM  

Found these little tins at the car boot today, I was wondering about the striker on the back,  were these tins used for matches?
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17 Jul 2016 06:18 PM  
Wow Mel, they are all going to want that COCOA TIN !!
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17 Jul 2016 06:46 PM  

The car tin is sadly a repro
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17 Jul 2016 06:54 PM  

 Did they ever do a sample tin like this??
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17 Jul 2016 08:23 PM  
No, if you look at the image on the tin, you can see the image is
taken from a cut down showcard ( hanging holes cut in half at the top)
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22 Jul 2016 08:17 PM  

Mel, there are a lot of different coccoa sample tins with strikers on the back. It was a marketing thing, to keep you using the tin once the contents were gone.
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22 Jul 2016 08:52 PM  
Thanks Hilbert........that makes sense.
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