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Really nice tokens everybody!!
I'll be going through my transit tokens this weekend -
I know I have some doubles in there, maybe I'll put them on ccf for sale or trade?
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I went through my transit token collection this weekend. I'm going to sell off my doubles (about 40 or so) but first I'll post some fuzzy pix here for your enjoyment  First: 1 Fare - Pearl Harbor Drivers' Assn. I read that the TH means Territory of Hawaii so this token is pre-statehood (1959)?  Next: Bridge Token - Good for one passage - Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. This type of token is disappearing fast. In my state, all tolls are electronic only now. No more tokens, no more cash! It makes a faster ride but I'll miss my tokens.  |
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Next up: Connecticut Turnpike - 1 fare  These are from 1982, when the turnpike (which no longer has a toll at all) was 35 cents cash. But the tokens were 17.5 cents to give a discount to commuters. Funny thing is that the CT tokens worked in the NYC subway which was then 70 cents. So NY took a hit on those. Found this article in the Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/18/...ide-too.html |
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Next up: New York City subway tokens. Here are three styles from the 70s and 80s. They changed the designs when they changed the fares so people couldn't use the old tokens anymore.  The Gotham Gazette had a nice write-up for the tokens a few years back, when the NYCTA switched to Metrocards. https://www.gothamgazette.com/trans...en-1953-2003 |
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Here's a couple from Boston's MBTA. The T, as we call it, stopped using these in 2006, when they switched to Charlie Cards and Charlie Tickets (dumb and dumber as I call them) but they were accepted in fare machines till 2012 at their old value ($1.25). Now the subway is $2.40 with the discount card, so it's doubled in the last 13 years. That outpaces inflation!  PS: here's a nice write-up from boston.com: http://archive.boston.com/news/loca...o_take_them/ |
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One more: 1 Fare - Mobile City Lines, Inc. Mobile, AL I like the slotted token designs - this one is from Mobile, Alabama bus lines.  |
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Here's a nice mix of slotted transit tokens. One website says the Denver token is from 1918. I did not know that! Duluth Street Railway Company - Duluh Minn. Division Denver Tramway Corp. City Lines Denver, Colorado Omaha & Council Bluffs ST. RY. Co. Omaha, Nebraska Georgia Power Co. Atlanta, Georgia  |
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Here's a nice mix of tokens... First, a pair of SEPTA transit tokens. I like the copper plating stripe. SEPTA stopped selling tokens in 2018 and accepted them unitil this year. They were the last major transit system in the US to use tokens. Also, a slotted PTC token from Philly. Not sure when they used these, couldn't find a date. Finally, a token from University of Nebraska Lincoln. They had two campuses and the tokens were used for travel on the bus route between them. Not an exciting token, but nice to see something from outise a major city!  |
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Almost done! Next up is a pair of Bermuda bus / transit tokens. Not my favorite design - very simple and the obverse / reverse are the same - but its good for transit from one end of Bermuda to the other. The face value is B$4 which is on par with the US$. Not a bad fare to cross the whole island. Too bad the brass doesn't hold up well.  |
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Here's a set of 8 transit tokens from my Cyrillic collection. 4 brass tokens from 1990s Kiev Ukraine 2 blue plastic tokens from 2009 Kiev Ukraine 1 brass token from 1990s Saint Petersburg Russia 1 clear plastic token from Uzbekistan I don't care for the plastic tokens' design, but the technology is interesting. Apparently, when the token drops into the turnstile it passes through a beam of light. If the reflected light is the right color the turnstile opens, if not, no go!  |
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Looking good!  |
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Very interesting adds. I like the transparent one |
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Today's a holiday so I have time to post a few more of my transit token doubles. Here we go... This is a trio of transit tokens from Detroit, Michigan. I like these not for the simple design but because they have some weight to them. They're about the size of a US nickel but thicker. And they're made out of coppe-nickel too, so they feel like money. I like that! The icon on the token shows one of Detroit's famous "people mover" trains. They're driverless, two-car trains that run on an elevated track around downtown, much like you would find at a major airport.  Edited by jeffbuckes
10/14/2019 2:50 pm
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Here's a pair of transit tokens that I really like! 1 - Los Angeles Metro (also California) The LA Meto token is recent, but it's being phased out this year. The face value is $1.75 but the Metro switched over to "TAP" cards a few years ago and that's the end of the tokens! Still, I love those palm trees!! 1 - Santa Monica Municipal Bus lines (Santa Monica, California) Santa Monica is a coatal town in LA county, nice beaches, busy pier, not far from Venice Beach or Downtown LA (both of which can be reached by bus!) I don't have a date on this token, I think it's from the 60s or 70s. See: http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/rid...end-of-2019/ |
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