Barry Larkin Collection 849: 1991 7-Eleven Coins - #10

Barry Larkin

Year:  1991

Brand:  7-Eleven Coins

Card number:  10

This 7-Eleven coin was part of the 1991 Florida release by 7-Eleven and Score.  In 1991, there were actually eight different regions that got coins, each with a different checklist (you can tell what region the coin is from by the two small letters underneath the card number on the card back - in this case, it's the OG region which was Florida).  Interestingly, Barry was only featured in the Florida region checklist - not the Mideast, not the Atlantic, and not the Northeast...only the Florida region.  (Weird)  

As for the rest of the Florida region checklist, here it is:

• 1 Barry Bonds
• 2 George Brett
• 3 Roger Clemens
• 4 Glenn Davis
• 5 Alex Fernandez
• 6 Cecil Fielder
• 7 Ken Griffey Jr.
• 8 Dwight Gooden
• 9 Dave Justice
• 10 Barry Larkin
• 11 Ramon Martinez
• 12 Jose Offerman
• 13 Kirby Puckett
• 14 Nolan Ryan
• 15 Terry Shumpert

Barry also makes an appearance in the 1992 7-Eleven coin set, though that year there was only one release rather then eight regional checklists.  After 1992, 7-Eleven ceased to have the coin promotion except for one year (2000) in which they partnered with Pacific to create a 30 coin set (unfortunately, that set did not contain Barry Larkin within it - instead Sean Casey was the Reds' representative)!  

Back to today's coin...I have to admit that I like it a lot.  It's a super fun oddball - and it's basically a round version of those little trivia cards that Score used to put in their baseball card packs.  I even like the backs of the coin - some statistics plus the 7-Eleven logo (and everything is easy-to-read).  For my money, this is an oddball done really, really well and it makes for a fun addition to my Barry Larkin Collection!