Fiesta coins??

woodardcoin

Anyone here on the darkside recall Mcdonald's giving out Fiesta coins sometime in the 80's? My gradfather owned several Mccyd's before he passed away and I recall the coins and the folder for them and at one time I had a set but who knows what happened to them . If anyone recalls these and maybe has the set with folder for sale please let me know.




JP

lordmarcovan

Never heard of 'em?

StrikeOutXXX

I don't remember them either, but a little google clued me in a bit more. I wonder what types of coins were actually in them.

In 1988, McDonald's sought to recapture some lost sales margins in what was obviously the best way for a fast food chain to do so: By giving away free foreign coins! The "Fiesta Coin" packets each contained a legitimate foreign coin, given out either in Happy Meals or whenever someone bought some ill-conceived test-market burger with the word "Fiesta" in the title.

Doogy

Party coins? sounds like my kind of collecting! hey, how 'bout you guys come to Phoenix for the ANA show, and i'll have a keg o' Corona party. i'll hand out Victorian Crowns as Fiesta Coins! anyone in?

Musky1011

Actually I remember this

You would get darkside coins from micky d's when purchasing anything from the menu

I have some in my jewelery box from them

kinda strange since it was from the 80's

Jim

lmking304

What a great idea, McDonalds! I wonder why it didn't last... Coins as happy meal toys....Kids like to eat coins....ER's have special coin removal tools....

I wonder what kinds they gave out?

Dentuck

This does ring a bell. I seem to recall Ecuadorean sucres.

woodardcoin

Yea it was all very common very cheap coins . I just want to find a set in the folder for the he** of it . They gave them away with the purchase on McNuggets .

Bailathacl

I really want fries with my Fiesta Coin....