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Philadelphia Ptc "Good For One Fare" Transit Tokens

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Found these during my office cleaning too. PTC could stand for Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission but that goes all the way across the state. Or maybe it didn't back then?

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Hi I'm from Philadelphia and it could be one of two things it could be the train the, PATCO train or the turnpike I'm not sure. However,I believe these are before my time or when I was very young, and I am 57. I have many tokens from the city for various things such as parking, wishing wells, SEPTA various ones. I was considering on them but I've decided to keep them. I've seen some people actually do collect tokens and buy them.
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Here you go... And there's a lot more interesting stuff there too like medals and buttons. Seen stuff from all over. But for now here you go.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/coll...nmah_1382429
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Nice. Thank you!
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bobby, there are several varieties of this token listed on tokencatalog.com - search for Philadelphia PTC
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I will Hondo, thank you.
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Looks like its a Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Metro Token from around 1924. Values shown are less than a dollar so wont even be able to get a cheeseburger at McD's anymore.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ex...ia40395.html
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The wife will take them to the flea market to make the case look full.
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