Recognize that face? I guess you'd have to be over a certain age, maybe 40, to know right away so if you don't know his name is Joe, Bazooka Joe.
Bazooka bubble gum was first sold in 1947 by the Topps company, which made 2022 the 75th anniversary of the gum. I also just learned that Fanatics bought the brand last year as well. Do they still make this shit!?
Anyhow, in 1953 they started putting little comic strips in each piece and, according to Wikipedia, there are over 1535 different comics.
As you may have guessed by now though, this post is not about gum, it's about the 75th anniversary 40 Gram PAMP Suisse Silver Bazooka Gum Wafer and the super cool packaging.
There were only 3000 of these beauties minted and the silver wafer is a replica of the original size.
I see now after loading these pictures that I didn't take a side view, which really shows how thicc of a piece this is, soooo, brb...
OK, here it is against a US quarter (with the post being written on the #newui in the background 🤓)
